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| 1905 |
| | | The Japanese defeat a larger force of Russians at Mukden in the final land battle of the Russo-Japanese War | |
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| 1914 August 23 |
| | | The British Expeditionary Force fights a rearguard action to escape encirclement by the Germans at Mons | |
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| 1914 August 25-28 |
| | | A German army encircles and almost annihilates a larger Russian force at Tannenberg | |
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| 1914 September 3 |
| | | A Germany army crosses the river Marne in an advance towards Paris | |
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| 1914 September 5 |
| | | A French army halts the German advance, just 30 miles from Paris | |
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| 1914 September 8 |
| | | After a four-day battle, the French drive the German forces back over the river Marne | |
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| 1914 |
| | | from October - there are heavy casualties on both sides, and a small advantage to the Allies, in the fighting round Ypres during the 'race to the sea' | |
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| 1915 April 22 |
| | | The Germans attempt an advance on the western front, launching the second battle of Ypres | |
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| 1915 April 22-3 |
| | | The Germans gain ground at Ypres after the first significant use of chlorine gas | |
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| 1915 July 30 |
| | | The Germans make their first effective use of a new weapon, the flame thrower, in an attack on the British in the second batte of Ypres | |
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