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Great War events that took place on 10 August.
1914 (Monday)
| Western Front | ▶ Liège: the Germans occupy the city. | ▶ Alsace: French fall back; Mülhausen evacuated. | ▶ Lorraine: French advance in force under General de Castelnau. |
| Eastern Front | ▶ East Prussia: Russians reach Tilsit. | ▶ Poland: Austrian First Army, under Dankl, enters Poland and advances towards Lyublin and Kyeltsi. | |
| Naval and Overseas Operations | South Africa: Germans raid Cape Colony (from south-west Africa), but abandon Swakopmund and Lüderitz Bay. | ||
| Political | France declares war on Austria-Hungary. |
1915 (Tuesday)
| Home Front | Zeppelin air raid on Goole, East Riding and Dover concludes. Civilian casualties: 17 killed (inc. 6 children) and 18 injured (inc. 7 children). Military casualties: 3 injured. | |||
| Western Front | ▶ Gains at Hooge consolidated. | ▶ British artillery and aircraft active on Belgian Coast. | ||
| Eastern Front | ▶ Vilna and Kovna being evacuated. Novo Georgievsk and Brest Litovsk bombarded. | ▶ Germans reach Kaluszyn (east of Warsaw). | ▶ Russians dislodged north-west of Kock (Veprj); Lomja and Ostrov (Bug) in enemy hands. | |
| Southern Front | ▶ Vigorous Italian offensive on the Isonzo. Italian advance in Ortler range (Upper Adige). | ▶ Feint landing at Karachali (Gulf of Saros, Gallipoli). | ▶ Turkish counter-attack on Chunuk Bair nearly succeeds. | |
| Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres | Russians pursue Turks on Upper Euphrates and capture important height in valley of Passin. | |||
| Naval and Overseas Operations | German fleet bombards Riga and is again driven off. | |||
| Political | ▶ New Japanese Cabinet formed.[a] | ▶ America's reply to Germany regarding the William P. Frye is despatched.[b] | ▶ Duma decides on enquiry into abuses connected with munitions. | ▶ Bucharest refuses to authorise transport of German munitions to Turkey. |
Notes
- ↑ Count Okuma, Prime Minister; Dr. Ikki, Interior; Mr. Taketomi, Finance; Baron Ishii, Foreign Affairs; Vice-Admiral Tomoshburo, Navy.
- ↑ While the USA re-affirm that Prussian-American treaty was violated, it agrees to accept payment for vessel, stipulating that no treaty rights are waived by acceptance of such payment.
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