1914
Home Front
- Part 57 of The Great War periodical is published. This week's edition covers "The French Advance Towards Lens and the Battle of The Labyrinth."
Western Front
Eastern Front
- Poland: Russians take Sandomierz.
- South-west Africa: British occupy Lüderitz Bay (which Germans had evacuated militarily on 10 August).
Political
- Great Britain: Parliament prorogued: King George's speech.[1]
- Mr. Asquith's Edinburgh speech.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)