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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