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Western Front	▶ British fall back from St. Quentin.	▶ Lille and Mézières occupied by the Germans.	▶ Namur: Last of the forts reduced.	▶ Ostend occupied by mixed British force (Marines, etc.).
Eastern Front	Galicia: Russians capture Halicz and Tarnopol.
Naval and Overseas Operations	▶ SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sunk by HMS Highflyer.	▶ SMS Magdeburg, German cruiser, destroyed in Gulf of Finland.
Political	France: René Viviani's Ministry reconstructed: entry of Alexandre Millerand (War) and Théophile Delcassé (Foreign Affairs).

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+<noinclude>{{Calendar|August}}{{Date intro}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
-==1914==
+==[[1914]] (Thursday)==
+{| class="wikitable timeline"
-===Western Front===
+|-
-*British fall back from [[St. Quentin]].
+|'''Western Front'''
-*[[Lille]] and [[Mézières]] occupied by the Germans.
+|{{tb}} British fall back from [[St. Quentin]].
-*[[Namur]]: Last of the forts reduced.
+|{{tb}} [[Lille]] and [[Mézières]] occupied by the Germans.
-*[[Ostend]] occupied by mixed British force (Marines, etc.).
+|{{tb}} [[Namur (Belgium)|Namur]]: Last of the forts reduced.
+|{{tb}} [[Ostend]] occupied by mixed British force (Marines, etc.).
-===Eastern Front===
+|-
-*[[Galicia]]: Russians capture [[Halicz]] and [[Tarnopol]].
+|'''Eastern Front'''
-===Naval and Overseas Operations===
+|[[Galicia]]: Russians capture [[Halicz]] and [[Tarnopol]].
-*SS ''[[SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse|Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse]]'' sunk by HMS ''[[HMS Highflyer|Highflyer]]''.
+|-
-*SMS ''[[SMS Magdeburg|Magdeburg]]'', German cruiser, destroyed in Gulf of Finland.
+|'''Naval and Overseas Operations'''
-===Political===
+|{{tb}} {{SS|Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse}} sunk by {{HMS|Highflyer}}.
-*[[France]]: M. [[Viviani]]'s Ministry reconstructed: entry of M. [[Millerand]] (War) and [[Delcassé]] (Foreign Affairs).
+|{{tb}} {{SMS|Magdeburg}}, German cruiser, destroyed in Gulf of Finland.
+|-
-==References/notes==
+|'''Political'''
-{{Gleichen-123}}
+|[[France]]: [[René Viviani]]'s Ministry reconstructed: entry of [[Alexandre Millerand]] (War) and [[Théophile Delcassé]] (Foreign Affairs).
-{{reflist}}
+|}
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+<!--{{notes}}{{refs}}-->
+<noinclude>{{sources}}
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 [[Category:Great War events in August|27]]
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+{{timeline styles}}