2 October

1914

Western Front

• Battle round Arras: French hard pressed.
• Antwerp: Belgians retire across the Nethe: Germans occupy Termonde.

Eastern Front

• East Prussian Frontier: Russians recover Mariampol.

Southern Front

• Bosnia: Serbians and Montenegrins renew their advance towards Sarajevo.

Naval and Overseas Operations

• East Africa: British victory at Gazi.
• HMS Cumberland captures nine German liners, etc., in Cameroon River.

Political

• Great Britain: Mr. Asquith's speech at Cardiff disclosing German proposals to Britain in 1912.

References/notes

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)