<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: Start of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lorraine" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Lorraine">Battle of Lorraine</a>, an unsuccessful French offensive.<sup about="#mwt136" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-25"}}' id="cite_ref-25" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_14#cite_note-25" id="mw2g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 25;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw2w">[25]</span></a></sup>
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