13th September
Western Front
Allies recover Soissons and force the passage of the Aisne there.
Amiens recovered by the French.
Germans begin to drive the Belgians back into Antwerp; Battle along line Aerschot-Malines.
Eastern Front
East Prussia: Russians turn on their pursuers and defeat them at Sredniki near the Niemen.
Asiatic
Tsing-tau: Japanese capture the railway at Kiao-chau town.
Political, etc.
British Government issue orders raising third New Army of six divisions.
Irish nationalist seeks German support...Former British diplomat Sir Roger Casement secretly meets with Franz von Papen, the German military attaché, to seek Germany’s support in the effort to win independence from British rule for Ireland.
Germany: Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg's reply to Mr. Asquith's Guildhall speech of Sept. 4 published.
Germany announces that they currently have 218,410 Allied prisoners of war.
The new Mexican government under President Carranza requests the U.S. to end its occupation of Veracruz.
United States submits an informal inquiry to Germany on possible talks with the Allies to end the war.
Naval
North Sea - Submarine E.9 (Lt-Cdr Max Horton of WW2 Battle of the Atlantic fame) sank German old light cruiser Hela off Heligoland - the first British submarine success.
Ship Losses:
Diplomat ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Indian Ocean 480 nautical miles (890 km) north east of Madras, India by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Hela ( Kaiserliche Marine): The Gazelle-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea southwest of Heligoland by HMS E9 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of two of her 178 crew.
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