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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 7 September.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 7 September on The Great War wiki.
1914
Western Front
- Battle of the Marne (continued). Struggle on the Ourcq and Petit-Morin.
- Mauberge captured by the Germans with many prisoners and guns.
- Sir John French's first despatch (published on 9 September).[1]
Eastern Front
- Galicia: Fresh struggle round Grodek: Russian cavalry reach the Carpathians.
Southern Front
- East Africa: German reverse near Tsavo.
- Pacific cable cut between Banfield and Fanning Island by Nürnberg.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ 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.