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Start of a German attack on the last ridge between them and Verdun. The attack begins with a gas bombardment. German troops capture the village of Fleury.
Ill health forces Field Marshal Karl von Bülow to retire. His reputation never really recovered from his decision to retreat from the Marne early in the war.