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<noinclude>{{CalendarGWCalendar|November|hide31=yes}}{{Date-introtext-GW}}<br>{{year-day|Wednesday|Thursday|Saturday|Sunday|Monday intro}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
==[[1914]] (Wednesday)==
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===Western Front===
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*[[Lombartzyde]] recovered by the [[Allies]].
===|'''Western Front==='''
*[[Battle of Ypres]] continues.
*|{{tb}} [[Lombartzyde]] recovered by the [[Allies]].
===Eastern Front===
*|{{tb}} [[Battle of Ypres]] continues.
*[[Galicia]]: Austrians defeated at [[Jaroslau]]; loss of 19,000 prisoners and 40 guns in twelve days.
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===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres===
===|'''Eastern Front==='''
*Armenia: Russian advance from [[Caucasus Mountains]]; Diadin occupied.
*|[[Galicia]]: Austrians defeated at [[Jaroslau]]; loss of 19,000 prisoners and 40 guns in twelve days.
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
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*[[East Africa]]: British reverse at [[Tanga]].<ref>[[Tanga]], German port on the Moschi Railway ([[East Africa]]), attacked unsuccessfully by an [[Indian Expeditionary Force]] with one British [[battalion]]. 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 101st Grenadiers, I.A., and 1st Kashmir Rifles suffered heavily during the engagement in the town, and forced to retreat to the coast and re-embark. Casualties nearly 800, including 141 British officers and men. Germans displayed great cunning in defence of the town, also employing native ''ruses de guerre''.</ref>
===|'''Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres==='''
*German cruiser {{SMS|Yorck}} destroyed by a mine near [[Wilhelmshaven]].
*|Armenia: Russian advance from [[Caucasus Mountains]]; Diadin occupied.
===Political===
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*[[Persia]] refuses to join [[Turkey]] in war against the Entente.
===|'''Naval and Overseas Operations==='''
 
*|{{tb}} [[East Africa]]: British reverse at [[Tanga (East Africa)|Tanga]].<ref group="lower-alpha">[[Tanga (East Africa)|Tanga]], German port on the Moschi Railway ([[East Africa]]), attacked unsuccessfully by an [[Indian Expeditionary Force]] with one British [[battalion]]. 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 101st Grenadiers, I.A., and 1st Kashmir Rifles suffered heavily during the engagement in the town, and forced to retreat to the coast and re-embark. Casualties nearly 800, including 141 British officers and men. Germans displayed great cunning in defence of the town, also employing native ''ruses de guerre''.</ref>
==References/notes==
*|{{tb}} German cruiser {{SMS|Yorck}} destroyed by a mine near [[Wilhelmshaven]].
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===|'''Political==='''
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*|[[Persia]] refuses to join [[Turkey]] in war against the Entente.
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[[Category:Great War events by day|309]]
[[Category:Great War events in November|04]]
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