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Foreign Legion members on leave in Paris, 7 Jul 1915On This Day - 20 September 1914
Updated - Sunday, 28 July, 2002

Theatre definitions: Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.  Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and Austro-Romanian fronts.  Southern Front comprises the Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and Dardanelles.  Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.  Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas (except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc.  Political, etc. comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes, speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.  Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)

Western Front

The Aisne: bombardment of Reims Cathedral.

Eastern Front

East Prussian Frontier: Russians abandon Augustovo: Germans lay siege to Osovyets.

Southern Front

Quietude in the Balkan theatre of war.

Naval and Overseas Operations

H.M.S. "Pegasus" disabled by German cruiser "Konigsberg" at Zanzibar.

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