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In the first weeks of the war, Piotrkow changed hands repeatedly...
30 July — general mobilization was announced in the city.
1 August — a Social-Civic Committee is formed, which takes power in Piotrkow. The newly created local government is organized around the Guard, the Civic Militia, and the following committees: labor, finance, judicial, sanitary, prison, food supply, and finance, as well as committees to care for the families of reservists called up to the army.
8 August — the Piotrkow Loan and Savings Society is founded, issuing convertible vouchers in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 20, and 50 kopecks for the poorest segments of the population.
10 August — the Civic Committee establishes a Department for Combating Extreme Poverty.
11 August — tsarist officials and their families are evacuated from the city; German troops conduct reconnaissance.
13 August — after devastating fighting, Piotrkow is taken by German troops under the command of General von Woyrsch.
18 August — the headquarters of the 1st German Army, led by General Wilhelm von Kluck, is stationed in Piotrkow. An airfield for German aircraft is built in Meszcze. The Germans demand a large contribution from the शहर’s residents and threaten to burn Piotrkow to the ground if it is not paid. The chairman of the Civic Committee, Zygmunt Banaszewski, and the priest prelate Eugeniusz Lipinski begin negotiations with the German command. Over the next few days, the residents of Piotrkow, at their own expense, arrange a lavish reception in honor of the headquarters and, through this diplomatic gesture, secure the cancellation of the German ultimatum.
27 August — Russian troops of General Charpentier’s division capture Piotrkow.
29 September — a Prussian incursion drives the Russians out of the city; earlier, as a result of fierce fighting, among other damage, the railway viaduct on today’s Narutowicz Street was destroyed.
10 October — Belina’s squadron enters Piotrkow, and with them the Polish National Organization begins to operate in the city. On the same day, Belina’s uhlan squadron enters Piotrkow.
29 October — Polish artillerymen leave Piotrkow, and the next day the Russians again drive the Germans out of the city.
28–29 October — troops of the 9th German Army under General Ludendorff devastate and burn the Piotrkow railway station.
2 November — the German army, attempting to retake lost areas, bombs Piotrkow. As a result, among other things, the viaduct on Bykowska Street (now Wojsko Polskie Avenue) is destroyed. Over the next few days, the Russian State Bank is evacuated from the city, taking with it capital equivalent to 77,284,000 gold rubles belonging to the municipal fund of Piotrkow.
15–16 December — the Austrian offensive on Piotrkow begins; the next day the Austrians occupy Piotrkow. Power in the city is taken over by a military district command created specifically for this purpose, to which the entire magistrate of the time was subordinated.