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Dates in the Great War 255 the Argonne and Allied pursuit is brought to a standstill. September 16. Russians reach Przemysl. 18. Rheims Cathedral bombarded. Russian Army driven out of East Prussia. Germans retreat from French Lorraine near Nancy. Along the Aisne Germans attempt to take the offensive unsuccessfully. 19. Germans take Beaumont between Toul and Verdun. 21. Allies begin attack on German left flank at Lassigny. Russians take Jaroslav. German submarine ]-g in the North Sea sinks three British cruisers, Cressy, La Hogue and Aboukir. On Germans' left Allies capture Peronne, reach St. Quentin and are driven out. 23. German attack on French right reaches bar- rier forts south of Verdun. 24. Zeppelin airship drops bombs in Ostcnd. 25. German invasion of Russia from East Prus- sia reaches the Niemen River. Allies are driven out of Peronne. Germans reach the Meuse on the Allied right near St. Mihiel. 26. Russian cavalry crosses Carpathians into Hungary. 27. British troops from India land in Marseilles. Servians approach Serajevo. 28. Germans retake Lassigny on their right.

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