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WWI: The Government Abandons Paris

9/8/2014

On September 3, 1914, a sentence surely found in the duplicative archives of human warfare, was released to the people …

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WWI: August Dead

9/1/2014

“According to Armées Françaises, French casualties in the month of August alone amounted to 206,515, including killed , wounded , …

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WW I: Louvain Goes Up in Flames: 230,000 Volumes in Library

8/25/2014

“On August 25 the burning of Louvain began. The medieval city on the road from Liège to Brussels was renowned …

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WWI : 140,000 French Casualties; The French Master Plan Lies in Ruins

8/24/2014

“During the Battle of the Frontiers … 70 French divisions, or about 1,250,000 men, were in combat at different times …

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WW I: German Reprisals Against Belgian Civilians

8/21/2014

“On August 23 placards signed by (German) General von Bülow were posted in Liège, Belgium, announcing that the people of …

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WW I: German Armies Deep in Belgium; Belgian Army Retreats to Antwerp; Wilson Calls for Neutrality

8/18/2014

On August 18, King Albert (and commander in chief of the army) ordered a general retreat of the Belgian army …

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WW I: Last Day of French Exuberance

8/15/2014

August 15, 1914, London Daily Telegraph Ω British troop transports make 137 separate crossings of the Channel from August 14 …

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WW I: German Siege Guns Terrify Liège

8/12/2014

“By late afternoon of August 12, one of the German army’s [enormous 420 mm siege guns, 24 feet long, weighing …

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WW I: Austria Invades Russian Poland;

8/10/2014

France and Britain Declare War on Austria-Hungary

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WW I: August 9: Premature Cheering

8/9/2014

The German advance army crossed into Belgium on the 4th of August and was greatly surprised by Belgian resistance along …

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WW I: Massive Peace Demonstration in Glasgow

8/9/2014

Sunday, August 9, 1914, 5000 gather in Glasgow to shout down the just declared war. George Hardie [Scottish Labor politician …

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WW I: Belgians and Germans — The Shooting Begins

8/6/2014

  The first day of actual fighting brought excited reports of German losses to the pages of the conservative Daily …

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