Lex Anteinternet: Battle of Armentières

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Sunday, November 2, 2014

Monday, November 2, 1914. The Bergmann Offensive.

The Imperial Russian Army entered the Ottoman Empire to Eleşkirt in northeastern Turkey.

The offensive is named after its Baltic German commanderGeorgy Eduardovich Bergmann.

He'd go on to command White forces during the Russian Civil War and passed away in Marseilles in 1929.

Battle of Armentières ended with the Germans losing twice as many men as the French, 11,300 compared to 5,700.

The Germans began scuttling their ships at Tsingtao.

Last edition:

Sunday, November 1, 1914. AD BEATISSIMI APOSTOLORUM

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Australian Army, Battle of Coronel, Catholic, Christianity, Egypt, German Kriegsmarine, New Zealand Army, religion, Royal Navy, World War One

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Wednesday, October 28, 1914. Collapsing Maritz Rebellion.

Rebel Boer units were attacked by the South African Army, forcing Boer general Christian Frederick Beyers to disperse his forces.

The Germans suspended attacks at Ypres to regroup.

Exhaustion and language difficulties frustrated a British effort at Neuve-Chapelle.

French troops held at Armentières in spite of a two day German artillery bombardment.

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Tuesday, October 27, 1914. Massive Central Powers losses in the East.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Austro Hungarian Army, Battle of the Vistula, boats and ships, Eastern Front, German Army, Imperial Russian Army, Royal Navy, The written word

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Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

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