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Great War events that took place on 7 September.
1914 (Monday)
| Western Front | ▶ Battle of the Marne (continued). Struggle on the River Ourcq and the Petit-Morin. | ▶ Mauberge captured by the Germans with many prisoners and guns. | ▶ Sir John French's first despatch (published on 9 September).[a] |
| Eastern Front | Galicia: Fresh struggle round Grodek: Russian cavalry reach the Carpathians. | ||
| Southern Front | Second Austrian invasion of Serbia begins: the River Drina crossed in force. | ||
| Naval and Overseas Operations | ▶ East Africa: German reverse near Tsavo. | ▶ Pacific cable cut between Banfield and Fanning Island by SMS Nürnberg. |
1915 (Tuesday)
| Home Front | Zeppelin air raid on East Suffolk and London begins. |
Notes
- ↑ Sir John French's first despatch covers the period since the landing of British troops (1st Corps, 1st and 2nd Divisions; 2nd Corps, 3rd and 5th Divisions and 1st Cavalry Division) in France up to their retirement to the Oise (28 August) on the line Noyon–Chaulny–La Fère. It describes the battles of Mons (23 August), Landrecies (25 August), Le Cateau (26 August), together with the arrival of the 4th Division on the 23rd, and the general retreat necessitated by the overwhelming German forces, and the movements of the French troops who assisted in this theatre. Sit H. Smith-Dorrien and the Royal Flying Corps specially singled out for distinction.
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