18 September

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

• The Aisne: Heavy fighting round Noyon and Reims.

Eastern Front

• Poland: Russians take Sandomierz.

Naval and Overseas Operations

• South-west Africa: British occupy Lüderitz Bay (which Germans had evacuated militarily on 10 August).

Political

• Great Britain: Parliament prorogued: King George's speech.
• 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)