16 March – The wife of minister
Joseph Caillaux shoots
Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage; she is later acquitted by a jury.
The
First Battle of the Marne begins: 50 km north-east of Paris, the
French 6th Army under
General Maunoury attacks German forces closing on the city. Over 2,000,000 fight (500,000 are killed/wounded) in the
Allied victory. A French and British counterattack at the
Marne ends the German advance on Paris.
6–8 September – French Army troops are rushed from Paris to join the First Battle of the Marne using
Renault Type AG taxicabs.
December – Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, who writes under the
nom de plume "
Guillaume Apollinaire", enlists in the French Army to fight in World War I and becomes a French citizen[1] after an August attempt at enlistment has been rejected.
16 March – The wife of minister
Joseph Caillaux shoots
Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage; she is later acquitted by a jury.
The
First Battle of the Marne begins: 50 km north-east of Paris, the
French 6th Army under
General Maunoury attacks German forces closing on the city. Over 2,000,000 fight (500,000 are killed/wounded) in the
Allied victory. A French and British counterattack at the
Marne ends the German advance on Paris.
6–8 September – French Army troops are rushed from Paris to join the First Battle of the Marne using
Renault Type AG taxicabs.
December – Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, who writes under the
nom de plume "
Guillaume Apollinaire", enlists in the French Army to fight in World War I and becomes a French citizen[1] after an August attempt at enlistment has been rejected.