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Great War events that took place on 8 August.
1914 (Saturday)
| Western Front | ▶ Belgium: Main army falls back towards the Dyle. | ▶ Alsace: French occupy Altkirch and Mülhausen. | |
| Naval and Overseas Operations | ▶ Antivari (Montenegro) bombarded by Austrian fleet. | ▶ Togoland entered by combined French and British force. | |
| Political | ▶ Russia: Tsar addresses the Duma. | ▶ Switzerland mobilises and proclaims state of siege. | ▶ USA offers its good services. |
1915 (Sunday)
| Eastern Front | Germans attack Kovna, repulsed with heavy losses. Novo Georgievsk cut off in the east. Praga (Warsaw) is occupied. Mackensen forces Russians back across the Veprj. | ||
| Southern Front | ▶ Monfalcone dockyard (northern Adriatic) bombed. | ▶ Night raid by Austrians into Italian positions in Trentino. | ▶ British attack on Anafarta (Gallipoli) repulsed. |
| Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres | Bushire (Persian Gulf) occupied by British as reprisal for two officers killed there on 12 July. | ||
| Naval and Overseas Operations | ▶ German Fleet attacks Riga and is repulsed. | ▶ HMS Ramsay sunk by German steamer Meteor (blown up to avoid capture). HMS India, auxiliary cruiser, torpedoed off Norway. | |
| Political | ▶ German unsuccessful peace tentatives to Russia through Denmark. | ▶ Naval General Service Medal instituted. |
Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War On This Day and its associated Index.
Text has been transcribed from two out-of-copyright sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principle Events 1914-1918 (1922). Spelling of place names are original to British use at the time. Some typos have been altered or corrected for consistency. Duplicate or identical events between these sources have been amalgamated; as a result the date and wording may differ to the original texts.
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Images come from scans or photographs of original sources, Wikimedia Commons, and the Imperial War Museum's online collections under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. Attribution is given separately to the latter and do not come under the general licence of this site.
Advisory note: The information in these sources may not accurately represent up-to-date histories, present-day spelling of place names, or geographical boundaries. In some instances the language used may appear sexist or derogatory to the modern reader, and in rare cases, images may depict distressing scenes.
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