16 November
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1914
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.
- SS Berlin, German auxiliary cruiser, interned at Trondhjem.
Political
- Turkey: Sultan at German instigation, proclaims the "Holy War." [1]
- Great Britain]: Mr. Asquith moves War Credit for £225,000,000.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ "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.