A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

The British reach Gouzeaucourt and Epéhy.

The French cross the Crozat Canal.

Sept. 11 (Wed.)

The British capture Vermand and Vendelles, north-west of St. Quentin; south-west of La Bassée they capture the 'Railway Triangle.'

Sept. 12 (Thur.)

The Americans, under General Pershing, attack both flanks of the St. Mihiel salient (the Battle of St. Mihiel): they capture Thiaucourt and other important positions with 8000 prisoners.

The Battle of Havrincourt and Epéhy begins (see Sept. 18): the British capture Mœuvres, Havrincourt, Trescault, and Gouzeaucourt Wood.

West of St. Quentin the British take Holnon Wood and the French capture Savy.

H.M.S. Sarnia (armed boarding-steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean.

The Union Castle liner Galway Castle is sunk by a submarine (154 lives lost).