Western Front
Footage of the funeral for the crew of the SL 11, a German zeppelin shot down over Britain:
http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/index/45623
Eastern Front
Halicz (on the Dniester) on fire, and taken by Russians. Turk XV Corps loses 1,500 casualties (until September 8) but stands firm after 10-mile retreat.
Orsova (Austrian bank of Danube) occupied by Romanians.
In connection with yesterday’s capture of Tutrakan bythe Bulgars; they claim 20,000 prisoners and 100 guns.
Bulgarian troops win the Battle of Dobrich, pushing back Romanian and Russian troops from Southern Dobruja.
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: British pursuit of retreating German force in East Africa checked at Affair of Kisaki: (until September 8): c.2,600 Germans with 22 MGs beat 1,700 South Africans troops, forcing retreat and halt.
Kilwa (Kivinje), 135 miles south of Dar-es-Salaam, and Kilwa Kissiwani, still further south, surrender to British naval forces.
Political, etc.
Turkey: Baghdad railway, over Taurus Mountains being constructed by Turkish peasants, large bodies of Turkish troops moving to Aleppo, for Mesopotamia.
United States: US Shipping Board created to form Government-owned merchant fleet. Congress authorizes Wilson to retaliate against Britain, signs legislation (September 8). Emergency Revenue Act doubles normal income tax (September 8).
Around 2,500 railway and subway workers in New York City go on strike, crippling transportation in the city.
Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service grocery store in the U.S., is founded in Memphis, Tennessee.
Greece: Baron von Schenck and other Germans and Austrians expelled from Athens.