28 August

Western Front

 * Germans capture Fort Manonviller (Avricourt).
 * British on line Noyon-Chauny-La Fère: British cavalry successful near latter.
 * Fall of Longwy.

Eastern Front

 * Russians beat Austrians at Lützow (Galicia).
 * East Prussia: Russians approach the Königsberg in the north: but in the south the Battle of Tannenberg continues against them.

Naval and Overseas Operations

 * Battle of Bight of Heligoland: the German cruisers Mainz, Koln, and Ariadne sunk.