2nd September
Action at Villers-Cotterets: British 4th (Guards) Brigade checks German advance.
Soissons bombarded and occupied by Germans.
Martha, the last passenger pigeon, has died at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Battle of Zamosc-Komarow ends.
Ship Losses:
Ajax ( United Kingdom): The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Humber with the loss of nine of her crew.
HMT Eyrie ( Royal Navy): The naval trawler was lost on this date.
Fittonia ( United Kingdom): The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Humber with the loss of seven of her crew.
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