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August 31 saw the Russians forced out of Poland and German forces drawing their wildly-successful offensive to a close. With the Russian

Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian Empire in a naval officer’s uniform. From Wikipedia.

armies still withdrawing, Tsar Nicholas II has removed the general in charge and assumed full and personal control of the Russian armies.

The new month opened with Germany announcing that they will no longer wage unrestricted warfare with their submarines on merchant ships, ending the policy they began this past February. Undoubtedly, the notes from the American government factored into their decision.

Gallipoli continues to be an embarrassment for the Allies as the HMS E7, mentioned in the July 18 dispatch, became trapped in an anti-submarine net. She was scuttled September 4.