Question: Where in September 1914 was the initial German offensive on the western front of the first global war in which the country owning Saint-Domingue won a war stopped?

commissioned in the royal garrison artillery on 9 october 1914, russell served on the western front during world war i, where he was twice wounded, won the military cross, and in 1918 was promoted acting major. after the war he and his wife returned to australia and lived at sandringham in melbourne, close to the royal melbourne golf club. <SEP> Later in the 19th century, the navy recovered and became the second finest in the world after the Royal Navy. It conducted a successful blockade of Mexico in the Pastry War of 1838 and obliterated the Chinese navy at the Battle of Foochow in 1884. It also served as an effective link between the growing parts of the French empire. The navy performed well during World War I, in which it mainly protected the naval lanes in the Mediterranean Sea. At the onset of the war, the French -- with 16 battleships, 6 cruisers, and 24 destroyers -- had the largest fleet in the Mediterranean. French defeats in the early stages of World War II, however, forced the British to destroy the French navy at Mers - el - Kebir in order to prevent its fall to the Germans. Currently, French naval doctrine calls for two aircraft carriers, but the French currently only have one, the Charles de Gaulle, due to restructuring. The navy is in the midst of some technological and procurement changes; newer submarines are under construction and Rafale aircraft (the naval version) are currently replacing older aircraft. <SEP> The German Army retreated north of the Aisne River and dug in there, establishing the beginnings of a static western front that was to last for the next three years. Following this German retirement, the opposing forces made reciprocal outflanking manoeuvres, known as the Race for the Sea and quickly extended their trench systems from the Swiss frontier to the North Sea. The territory occupied by Germany held 64 percent of French pig - iron production, 24 percent of its steel manufacturing and 40 percent of the coal industry -- dealing a serious blow to French industry. The German Army came within 70 km (43 mi) of Paris but at the First Battle of the Marne (6 -- 12 September), French and British troops were able to force a German retreat by exploiting a gap which appeared between the 1st and 2nd Armies, ending the German advance into France. <SEP> major-general gerald james cuthbert (12 september 1861 – 1 february 1931) was a british army officer who commanded a battalion in the boer war and a division in the first world war. cuthbert joined the scots guards in 1882 and served in egypt and the sudan during the late 19th century. during the boer war he served with his regiment, rising to command a battalion and after the war he was given command of a brigade in the territorial force and then in the british expeditionary force of 1914. he served on the western front from 1914 to 1917, rising to command 39th division, then returned to home service before retiring in 1919. <SEP> The island was named La Española and claimed by Spain, which ruled until the early 17th century. Competing claims and settlements by the French led to the western portion of the island being ceded to France, which named it Saint-Domingue. Sugarcane plantations, worked by slaves brought from Africa, were established by colonists.