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Great War events that took place on 6 August.
1914 (Thursday)
| Western Front | ▶ Liège: Forts Barchon, Chaudefontaine and Evequee are silenced. | ▶ Longwy invested by the Germans. |
| Southern Front | Obrenovats (Serbia) vainly attacked by Austrians, who lose guns in the retreat. | |
| Naval and Overseas Operations | HMS Amphion, British cruiser, sunk by German mine in North Sea. The Goeben and Breslau escape. | |
| Political | Great Britain: Mr. Asquith speaks in House of Commons on the War; Parliament votes £100,000,000.[a] |
1915 (Friday)
| Eastern Front | Germans repulsed at Osovyets (Neuve Chapelle). Archduke Joseph Frederick enters Lyublin. | |
| Southern Front | Two divisions effect surprise landing at Suvla Bay and attack with Anzacs on right, and southern force on Achi Baba. | |
| Political | ▶ 345 British establishments declared "Controlled" under Munitions of War Act. | ▶ Combined Entente Note to Balkan States.[b] |
Notes
- ↑ Speech in the House of Commons outlining the "infamous proposal" made by Germany with regard to Belgium, and defining our object: (1) To fulfil solemn international obligations, (2) to vindicate the rights of small nationalities against the aggression of larger Powers.
- ↑ The Note, to Bucharest, Sofia, Nish, Athens and Cettinje, proposed settlements of differences caused by 1913 war, based on condition of joining the Entente.
Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War On This Day and its associated Index.
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