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Map of Alsace and the Franco-German border from Switzerland north along the Vosges Mountains to Strasbourg. The postcard celebrates the German victory at Mulhouse August 11, 1914, retaking the city from the French. Text: Der Sieg bei Mülhausen 11.8.1914 Der Große Generalstab veröffentlicht folgende Meldung: Von Belfort in das Oberelsass nach Mülhausen vor gedrungener Feind, anscheinend das VII, französische Armeekorps und eine Infanterie-Division der Besatzung von Belfort, sind heute von unseren Truppen aus einer verstärkten Stellung westlich Mülhausen in südlicher Richtung zurückgeworfen worden. Verluste unserer Truppen nicht erheblich, die der Franzosen groß. The victory at Mulhouse 08/11/1914 The Great General Staff issued the following message: From Belfort in Upper Alsace to Mulhouse, our troops have thrown back strong enemy forces – apparently the VII French army corps and one infantry division of the garrison of Belfort – from their reinforced position west of Mulhouse to the south. Losses to our troops are not significant, and comparable to those of the French. W.I.B. (4) Reverse: B.Z. Kriegskarte Verlag der B.Z. am Mittag, Berlin (Publishing the B.Z. at noon, Berlin)

Map of Alsace and the Franco-German border from Switzerland north along the Vosges Mountains to Strasbourg. The postcard celebrates the German victory at Mulhouse on August 11, 1914, retaking the city from the French.

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Der Sieg bei Mülhausen 11.8.1914

Der Große Generalstab veröffentlicht folgende Meldung: Von Belfort in das Oberelsass nach Mülhausen vor gedrungener Feind, anscheinend das VII, französische Armeekorps und eine Infanterie-Division der Besatzung von Belfort, sind heute von unseren Truppen aus einer verstärkten Stellung westlich Mülhausen in südlicher Richtung zurückgeworfen worden. Verluste unserer Truppen nicht erheblich, die der Franzosen groß.



The victory at Mulhouse 08/11/1914

The Great General Staff issued the following message: From Belfort in Upper Alsace to Mulhouse, our troops have thrown back strong enemy forces – apparently the VII French army corps and one infantry division of the garrison of Belfort – from their reinforced position west of Mulhouse to the south. Losses to our troops are not significant, and comparable to those of the French.

W.I.B. (4)



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B.Z. Kriegskarte

Verlag der B.Z. am Mittag, Berlin (Publishing the B.Z. at noon, Berlin)

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Tuesday, August 11, 1914

"The Victory at Mulhouse 08/11/1914

The Great General Staff issued the following message: From Belfort in Upper Alsace to Mulhouse, our troops have thrown back strong enemy forces — apparently the VII French army corps and one infantry division of the garrison of Belfort — from their reinforced position west of Mulhouse to the south. Losses to our troops are not significant, and comparable to those of the French."

Quotation Context

Caption from a German postcard celebrating the victory at Mulhouse on August 11, 1914. Following its war Plan XVII, France attacked across its border with Germany into the formerly French territory of Alsace, taking the city of Mulhouse on August 8. In the face of a strong counterattack, the French evacuated the city on August 10.

Source

Map of Alsace and the Franco-German border from Switzerland north along the Vosges Mountains to Strasbourg, Postcard face, publisher: B.Z. am Mittag, publication date: 1914

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Mulhouse, Mulhausen, 1914-08-11, map, Vosges, Vosges Mountains, Belfort, Jura, Battle of the Frontiers, The Battle of the Frontiers