
The German cruiser *Nürnberg* destroys the cable station on Fanning Island in the Pacific [9], [10]. Survivors of the *Karluk* shipwreck are rescued from Wrangel Island by the schooner *King and Winge* [11], [10]. In France, German attacks drive French defenders back south of Verdun during the Battle of Grand Couronné [12], [10].

"Arthur Balfour dined: he, Henry, Baker, and Winston, Violet, Elizabeth, Venetia and I made eight. Winston was in great form. He is the one happy man, Henry says, in his cabinet."
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