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August I6. l9l4
On August 16
the Emperor left for the Western
General Headquarters at Coblenz.
The Imperial Chancellor was
charged to represent him, and
State Secretary Dr. Delbriick was
appointed Vice-President of the
Prussian State Ministry.
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The Austro-Serbian battles on the Dnna
ended in a victory for the Austrians. W110
took large numbers of prisoners and‘captured
many munitions of war. The Serbrans were
thrown back upon Valjevo. and hotly pur-
sued. The l6th regiment of the Waras-
diner infantry especially distinguished itself.
The l6th Austrian army corps advanced
successfully against the Montenegrin western
border and upon the Kriwatz-Grahowo line,
and the l5th army corps upon the Tschain-
itsy-Gatzko line. The Austrian fleet shelled
several Montenegrin ports on the Lovtschen.
The small Austrian cruiser "Kenta" gal-
lantly attacked a French force five times its
superior in the Adriatic. and was sunk.
after doing considerable damage to the hos-
tile ships. 170 of the crew saved them-
selves upon Montenegrin soil. and some
others were picked up by French battleships.
On August 1 7
divisions of the 1st German army
corps won a victory at Stallupiinen
over large Russian forces. 3,000
prisoners and six machine guns fell
into German hands; numerous
other guns that could not be carried
off were destroyed.
Mlava, terminal of the Manenburg-Soldau- .
Mlava railroad. and Petrikau. upon the
Czen1stochau-Warsaw railroad, 30 kilo-
meters south of Lodz. were taken by the
ermans.
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A German submarine. the "U l5." which
undertook a bold attack on the English
No. 2
coast. was destroyed by the English cruiser
"Birmingham." The English loss was un-
known.
On August 18
the Belgian royal family and Govern-
ment ofhces, endangered by the success of
the German arms, moved to strongly fortified
Antwerp.
On August 19
two small German cruisers. the "Strass-
burg" and "Stralsund," as the result of an
accidental meeting in the southern part of
the North Sea. gave battle to two English
submarines and several torpedo boat destroy-
ers. One of the submarines was sent to the
bottom with a few shots. and two of the
destroyers were damaged.
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German "Landwehr" regiments, advancing
southward from Miilhausen. came into con-
tact with a strong force of French infantry
and artillery. The fight, which lasted from
9 o'clock in the morning to 5 in the evening.
ended with the defeat of the French. of
whom a large number were taken prisoners.
Troops of Bavaria and Baden drove back
across the Vosges with great loss the 55th
French infantry brigade. which had advanced
as far as Weiler, 15 kilometers northwest of
Schlettstadt.
In order not to be compelled to attack the
French under fire of their heavy guns. and
to lure them out of their favorable positions.
the German troops in Lorraine had been
withdrawn day by day almost to the Metr-
Zabern line. a circumstance that gave the
French a motive for publishing stories of
brilliant victories and for regarding them-
selves as the masters of Lorraine. The re-
treat ended on this date.
At Perwez, north of Namur. German cavalry
came into collision with the fifth French
cavalry division. The enemy was driven
back with heavy losses. and left two field-
pieces and two machine guns in the hands
of the Germans.