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==[[1914]] (Friday)==
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===Home Front===
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*[[The Great War/Volume IV/Part 57|Part 57]] of [[The Great War:The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict|The Great War]] periodical is published. This week's edition covers "The French Advance Towards Lens and the Battle of The Labyrinth."
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*|[[The Great War/Volume IV/Part 57|Part 57]] of [[The Great War:The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict|The Great War]] periodical is published. This week's edition covers "The French Advance Towards Lens and the Battle of The Labyrinth."
*[[The Aisne]]: Heavy fighting round [[Noyon]] and [[Reims]].
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===Eastern Front===
|'''Western Front'''
*[[Poland]]: Russians take [[Sandomierz]].
*[[|The Aisne]]: Heavy fighting round [[Noyon]] and [[Reims]].
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
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*South-west Africa: British occupy [[Lüderitz Bay]] (which Germans had evacuated militarily on [[10 August]]).
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===Political===
*|[[Poland]]: Russians take [[Sandomierz]].
*[[Great Britain]]: Parliament prorogued: [[King George]]'s speech.<ref>[[George V|The King]]'s Speech at the Prorogation of Parliament roused remarkable enthusiasm, members rising in their places and singing the National Anthem. "We are fighting for a worthy purpose, and shall not lay down our arms until that purpose has been fully achieved."</ref>
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*[[Mr. Asquith]]'s Edinburgh speech.
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*|South-west Africa: British occupy [[Lüderitz Bay]] (which Germans had evacuated militarily on [[10 August]]).
==References/notes==
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*|{{tb}} [[Great Britain]]: Parliament prorogued: [[George V|King George]]'s speech.<ref group="lower-alpha">[[George V|The King]]'s Speech at the Prorogation of Parliament roused remarkable enthusiasm, members rising in their places and singing the National Anthem. "We are fighting for a worthy purpose, and shall not lay down our arms until that purpose has been fully achieved."</ref>
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*|{{tb}} [[Mr. Asquith]]'s Edinburgh speech.
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[[Category:Great War events in September|18]]
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