19 August

1914

 * - Belgium: Germans reach Dinant-Neufchateau line and occupy Louvain; Belgians, defeated at Aerschot, fall back towards Antwerp.
 * Alsace: French re-enter Mülhausen and push on in Lorraine.
 * - Poland: Austrians' advance checked near Kyeltsi.
 * - End of Battle of the Jadar; defeat of Austrians.
 * - Kaiser's alleged order for the destruction of "General French's contemptible little army".

1915

 * - Germans retake trenches on Ablain-Angres road.
 * - Fall of Novo Georgievsk. Russians driven back between Augustovo and Osovyets (Northern Centre).
 * Germans progress beyond the Niemen east of Tykocin.
 * Mackensen reaches Piszcza and gains ground towards Brest-Litovsk.
 * - Turks prevent Italians leaving Smyrna.
 * No - USA liner Arabic (White Star) torpedoed and sunk. Americans on board.
 * German force landing at Pernau (Riga) destroyed by Russians.
 * Norwegian mail steamer Haakon VII stopped by Germans and mails seized. Norwegian Government protests.
 * British submarine HMS E13 shelled when aground at Saltholm in neutral Danish waters.
 * - Reichstag opened; speech by Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg. Bulgarian Foreign Minister resigns.
 * British forces total 3,825,000, including Colonial troops.