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Western Front	▶ Rains and floods put a term to the struggles on the Yser: Fighting dies down round Ypres.	▶ Germans fail to cross the Aisne at Vailly.
Eastern Front	Poland: Russian rearguards defeated at Vlotslavek and Kutno.
Naval and Overseas Operations	SS Berlin (1908), German auxiliary cruiser, interned at Trondhjem.
Political	▶ Turkey: Sultan at German instigation, proclaims the "Holy War." ^[a]	▶ Great Britain: H. H. Asquith moves War Credit for £225,000,000.

Notes

↑ "Jihad" proclaimed with much pomp at Constantinople by the Sheik-ul-Islam, under German influence. Kaiser represented as convert to Islam. Muslim subjects of France, Russia and Great Britain alleged to be ripe for revolt.

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[1] "Jihad" proclaimed with much pomp at Constantinople by the Sheik-ul-Islam, under German influence. Kaiser represented as convert to Islam. Muslim subjects of France, Russia and Great Britain alleged to be ripe for revolt.

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-*Rains and floods put a term to the struggles on the [[Yser (river)|Yser]]: Fighting dies down round [[Ypres]].
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-*Germans fail to cross the [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]] at Vailly.
+|{{tb}} Rains and floods put a term to the struggles on the [[Yser (river)|Yser]]: Fighting dies down round [[Ypres]].
-===Eastern Front===
+|{{tb}} Germans fail to cross the [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]] at Vailly.
-*[[Poland]]: Russian rearguards defeated at [[Vlotslavek]] and [[Kutno]].
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-===Naval and Overseas Operations===
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-*{{SS|Berlin}}, German auxiliary cruiser, interned at Trondhjem.
+|[[Poland]]: Russian rearguards defeated at [[Vlotslavek]] and [[Kutno]].
-===Political===
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-*[[Turkey]]: Sultan at German instigation, proclaims the "[[Holy War]]." <ref>"Jihad" proclaimed with much pomp at Constantinople by the Sheik-ul-Islam, under German influence. [[Kaiser]] represented as convert to Islam. Muslim subjects of [[France]], [[Russia]] and [[Great Britain]] alleged to be ripe for revolt.</ref>
+|'''Naval and Overseas Operations'''
-*[[Great Britain]]]: [[Mr. Asquith]] moves War Credit for £225,000,000.
+|{{ship|SS|Berlin|1908}}, German auxiliary cruiser, interned at Trondhjem.
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+|{{tb}} [[Turkey]]: Sultan at German instigation, proclaims the "[[Holy War]]." <ref group="lower-alpha">"Jihad" proclaimed with much pomp at Constantinople by the Sheik-ul-Islam, under German influence. [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser]] represented as convert to Islam. Muslim subjects of [[France]], [[Russia]] and [[Great Britain]] alleged to be ripe for revolt.</ref>
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+|{{tb}} [[Great Britain]]: [[H. H. Asquith]] moves War Credit for £225,000,000.
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