9 September 1914

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Third Battle of Antwerp

The Belgian army launches a second counterattack from Antwerp, but this only reaches Vilvoorde, ten miles outside the outer line of fortresses protecting Antwerp.

First Battle of the Marne

The French Fifth Army (Franchet d'Esperey) attacks the exposed right flank of General Bulow's Second Army (the second army in the German line east of Paris), advancing into a gap between Bulow and Kluck's First Army. The Germans realise that they endangered and both Bulow and Kluck decide to retreat back to the Aisne.

First Battle of the Masurian Lakes

Start of the first battle of the Masurian Lakes. Having defeataed the Russian Second Army at Tannenburg the Germans turned on the Russian First Army (Rennenkampf). The Russians are outnumbered but the Germans struggle to trap them in the confused landscape of the Masurian Lakes.

 


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 9 September 1914, http://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1914_09_09.html

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