Sunday, September 13, 1914. Improved Allied Positions In The West.

British forces crossed the Aisne at night.

The French retook the villages Pont-à-Mousson and Lunéville bringing the Battle of the Frontiers  to an end.  Some of the front in the  northeast would thereafter remain stable until 1918.

Stallupönen (now Nesterov) fell to the Germans in East Prussia.

Belgian troops returned to Antwerp.

Irish nationalist Roger Casement, who at one time had been a British diplomat met with German diplomat Franz von Papen in Washington D.C. to seek Germany's support for Irish independence.

The survivors of the Karluk arrived in Nome.

Last edition:

Saturday, September 12, 1914. French and British victory at the Marne.

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Saturday, September 12, 1914. French and British victory at the Marne.

Colliers, September 12, 1914.  Leyendecker illustration was out of date. German combat troops no longer wore Prussian Blue, but Feldgrau.

The British and French prevailed in the First Battle of the Marne, wrecking the German plan for a rapid defeat of France and effectively causing their ultimate defeat in World War One.

On the Eastern Front the Germans captured Gumbinnen in the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes.

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Friday, September 11, 1914. Mixed war results.

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