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Great War events that took place on 16 November.
1914 (Monday)
| 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.
Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War On This Day and its associated Index.
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Images come from scans or photographs of original sources, Wikimedia Commons, and the Imperial War Museum's online collections under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. Attribution is given separately to the latter and do not come under the general licence of this site.
Advisory note: The information in these sources may not accurately represent up-to-date histories, present-day spelling of place names, or geographical boundaries. In some instances the language used may appear sexist or derogatory to the modern reader, and in rare cases, images may depict distressing scenes.
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