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Western Front	▶ Battle of the Yser: Belgians, with French aid, maintain unbroken the front Nieuport–Dixmude.	▶ Neuve Chapelle taken by the Germans.	▶ Germans pushed back east of Nancy.
Eastern Front	Poland: Russian victory along the line Petrokov-Radom.
Naval and Overseas Operations	▶ South Africa: General Beyers defeated by General Botha at Commissie Drift, near Rustenburg.	▶ HMS Audacious sunk by mine off the northern Irish Coast.	▶ French liner Amiral Ganteaume sunk.	▶ SMS Emden captures Japanese ship Kamasaka Maru.
Political	Portugal: Naval Reserves called up.

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-==1914==
+==[[1914]] (Tuesday)==
+{| class="wikitable timeline"
-===Western Front===
+|-
-*[[Battle of the Yser]]: Belgians, with French aid, maintain unbroken the front [[Nieuport]]-[[Dixmude]].
+|'''Western Front'''
-*[[Neuve Chapelle]] taken by the Germans.
+|{{tb}} [[Battle of the Yser]]: Belgians, with French aid, maintain unbroken the front [[Nieuport]]–[[Dixmude]].
-*Germans pushed back east of [[Nancy]].
+|{{tb}} [[Neuve Chapelle]] taken by the Germans.
-===Eastern Front===
+|{{tb}} Germans pushed back east of [[Nancy]].
-*[[Poland]]: Russian victory along the line [[Petrokov]]-[[Radom]].
+|-
-===Naval and Overseas Operations===
+|'''Eastern Front'''
-*[[South Africa]]: [[General Beyers]] defeated by [[General Botha]] at [[Commissie Drift]], near [[Rustenburg]].
+|[[Poland]]: Russian victory along the line [[Petrokov]]-[[Radom]].
-*{{HMS|Audacious}} sunk by mine off the northern Irish Coast.
+|-
-*French liner ''Amiral Ganteaume'' sunk.
+|'''Naval and Overseas Operations'''
-*{{SMS|Emden}} captures Japanese ship ''Kamasaka Maru''.
+|{{tb}} [[South Africa]]: [[General Beyers]] defeated by [[General Botha]] at [[Commissie Drift]], near [[Rustenburg]].
-===Political===
+|{{tb}} {{HMS|Audacious}} sunk by mine off the northern Irish Coast.
-*[[Portugal]]: Naval Reserves called up.
+|{{tb}} French liner ''Amiral Ganteaume'' sunk.
+|{{tb}} {{SMS|Emden}} captures Japanese ship ''Kamasaka Maru''.
-==References/notes==
+|-
-{{Gleichen-123}}
+|'''Political'''
-{{reflist}}
+|[[Portugal]]: Naval Reserves called up.
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+|}
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