Spirit of England 1914-18
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Maritz Rebellion
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Sunday, 12 October 2014
October 12
The
Battle of Messines
commences with German and British forces engaged between the Comines-Ypres Canal and the River Douve.
The Messines area
The Germans are reported to have 1,500,000 troops in the west and 1,800,000 in the east.
Martial law is declared in South Africa in the wake of the
Maritz Rebellion
.
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