Great War events that took place on 2 September.
1914 (Wednesday)
| Western Front | ▶ British forces withdraw to Chantilly-Nanteuil. | ▶ Malines bombarded by the Germans. |
| Eastern Front | ▶ Galicia: Battle of Lemberg ends: rout of Austrians, who lose 130,000 men. | ▶ Poland: Austrian advance checked at Lyublin. |
| Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres | Tsing-tau: Japanese troops landed for the attack on the fortress. | |
| Political | France: The government leaves Paris for Bordeaux. |
1915 (Thursday)
| Eastern Front | ▶ The fall of Grodno. | ▶ Boehm-Ermolli advances east of Brody. | ▶ Russians retreat to the Sereth River. | ▶ Fierce fighting near Vilna |
| Southern Front | ▶ Unsuccessful assault by the Italians on the bridgehead of Tolmino. | ▶ British Submarines sink four Turkish transports off (Bay of) Akbachi Sliman and Nagara (Gallipoli). | ||
| Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres | ▶ German intrigues in Persia. | ▶ Mr. T. G. Graham, British Consul-Gen. at Ispahan, is attacked and wounded. | ▶ Final scattering of Bunerwals on the North West Frontier (India). | |
| Naval and Overseas Operations | British transport Southland is torpedoed in the Aegean Sea. | |||
| Political | ▶ General Polivanov is appointed Prime Minister in Russia. | ▶ American press publishes peace terms now being propagated by Germany.[a] | ▶ Scandinavian groups of Inter-parliamentary Union meet at Copenhagen.[b] |
Notes
- ↑ Include preposterous demands for the cession of the Belgian Congo and French African Colonies, as "compensation" for evacuation of Belgium and Northern France. Serbia to be divided up, Poland given independence as a "buffer" state. Stock item of "the freedom of the seas" not omitted.
- ↑ President stated Scandinavia united in keeping compact of an honourable neutrality, and had no ambitious plans.
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