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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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Sunday, August 9, 1914

"Today's budget of news is that the French have got to Mulhouse and have inflicted a decisive defeat upon the Germans. According to reports, the Alsatians went mad when the French troops crossed the frontier for the first time in forty-four years. They tore up and burned the frontier posts and generally gave way to transports of joy. I would have given a lot to see the crowds in Paris."

Quotation Context

From the journal entry for August 9, 1914 of Hugh Gibson, Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, Belgium. The French had crossed the border into German near the Swiss border and taken Altkirch and Mulhouse on August 7 and 8. They were driven back in the following days.

Source

A Journal from our Legation in Belgium by Hugh Gibson, page 47, copyright © Copyright, 1917, by Doubleday, Page & Company, publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, publication date: 1917

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1914-08-09, 1914, August, Gibson, Mulhouse, Mulhausen