14 August

1914

 * - Belgium: French at Charleroi; French push back Germans in northern Alsace and bomb German airsheds at Metz.
 * Sir John French lands at Boulogne.
 * - Galicia: Russians defeat Austrians at Sokal.
 * - Serbia: Austrians drive Serbians back and occupy Loznitsa.
 * - Russia: Proclamation promising reconstruction and autonomy of the "Kingdom of Poland."

1915

 * - 19 French aeroplanes bombard Valley of Spada (St. Mihiel, Meuse).
 * - Russian sortie from Kovna repulsed. Enemy force Nurzec (C.) crossing. Russians attack near Czernowitz (Bukovina).
 * No - Transport HMS Royal Edward sunk in Aegean; 600 out of 1,400 saved.