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==[[1914]] (Tuesday)==
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*{{WF}} - [[Belgium]]: Battles near [[Tirlemont]], [[St. Trond]], and [[Diest]].
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**&nbsp;[[Lorraine]]: German counter-offensive from [[Metz]]; vain attacks at [[Spincourt]] and [[Blamont]].
|'''Western Front'''
*{{NO}} - German cruisers ''[[Goeben]]'' and ''[[Breslau]]'' enter [[Dardanelles]].
*|{{WFtb}} - [[Belgium]]: Battles near [[Tirlemont (Belgium)|Tirlemont]], [[St. Trond (Belgium)|St. Trond]], and [[Diest (Belgium)|Diest]].
*{{PO}} - [[Great Britain]]: The Press Bureau constituted.
**&nbsp;|{{tb}} [[Lorraine]]: German counter-offensive from [[Metz]]; vain attacks at [[Spincourt (Lorraine)|Spincourt]] and [[Blamont (Lorraine)|Blamont]].
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|'''Naval and Overseas Operations'''
*{{NO}} - |German cruisers ''[[Goeben]]'' and ''[[Breslau]]'' enter [[Dardanelles]].
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|'''Political'''
*{{PO}} - |[[Great Britain]]: The Press Bureau constituted.
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==[[1915]] (Wednesday)==
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*{{WF}} - German attacks in [[Argonne]] and [[Vosges]] repulsed.
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*{{EF}} - [[Dvinsk]] evacuated.
|'''Western Front'''
*{{SF}} - British attack in [[Gallipoli]] dies away.
*{{WF}} - |German attacks in [[Argonne]] and [[Vosges]] repulsed.
**&nbsp;Powerful Austro-German concentration announced in southern Hungary.
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*{{PO}} - [[Paris]] "Temps" publishes text of secret memorandum to German Chancellor from six leading economic organisations in [[Germany]].<ref>The Memorandum defines Germany's aims (economic), which include an enduring peace and an extension of German power "with territorial gains, including the possession of seaports on the Franco-Belgian coast and the fortresses of [[Verdun]] and Belfort."</ref>
|'''Eastern Front'''
 
*{{EF}} - |[[Dvinsk]] evacuated.
==References/notes==
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{{Gleichen-123}}
|'''Southern Front'''
{{reflist}}
*|{{SFtb}} - British attack in [[Gallipoli]] dies away.
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**&nbsp;|{{tb}} Powerful Austro-German concentration announced in southern [[Hungary]].
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|'''Political'''
*{{PO}} - |[[Paris]] "Temps" publishes text of secret memorandum to [[Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg|German Chancellor]] from six leading economic organisations in [[Germany]].<ref group="lower-alpha">The Memorandum defines Germany's aims (economic), which include an enduring peace and an extension of German power "with territorial gains, including the possession of seaports on the Franco-Belgian coast and the fortresses of [[Verdun]] and Belfort."</ref>
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[[Category:Great War events by day|224]]
[[Category:Great War events in August|11]]
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