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Line 1: <noinclude>{{~~CalendarGW~~Calendar\|December}}{{Date~~-introtext-GW}}<br>{{year-day\|Tuesday\|Wednesday\|Friday\|Saturday\|Sunday~~ intro}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__ ==[[1914]] (Tuesday)== {\| class="wikitable timeline" ~~===Western Front===~~ \|- Long-distance [[bombardment]] of Fumes by the Germans.▼ ~~===Southern~~\|'''Western Front~~===~~''' ▲\|Long-distance [[bombardment]] of Fumes by the Germans. Austrians completely defeated south of [[Belgrade]] (Battle of Rudnik Ridges).▼ \|- ===Naval and Overseas Operations===▼ \|'''Southern Front''' [[South Africa]]: Collapse of rebellion; 1,200 rebels surrender.▼ ▲\|Austrians completely defeated south of [[Belgrade]] (Battle of Rudnik Ridges). [[Battle of Falkland Islands]], Admiral Sturdee sinks most of German squadron.<ref>{{SMS\|Leipzig}} (3,200 t.), {{SMS\|Nürnberg}} (3,350 t.), {{SMS\|Scharnhorst}} (11,400 t.) and {{SMS\|Gneisenau}} (11,400 t.) sunk by Rear-Admiral [[Sir F. Sturdee]]'s squadron {{HMS\|Invincible}} (17,250 t.), {{HMS\|Irresistible}} (17,250 t.), {{HMS\|Kent}} (9,800 t.), {{HMS\|Cornwall}} (9,800 t.) and {{HMS\|Glasgow}} (4,800 t.) off the [[Falkland Islands]].</ref>▼ \|- ===Political===▼ ▲~~===~~\|'''Naval and Overseas Operations~~===~~''' [[Great Britain]]: Trial of [[Adolf Ahlers]] for high-treason commenced.▼ ▲\|{{tb}} [[South Africa]]: Collapse of rebellion; 1,200 rebels surrender. Great Britain: [[Great Speeches of the War/Simon\|Speech of the Solicitor-General]] at a great recruiting meeting held in the Victoria Hall, Bolton, Lancashire.<ref>{{gsw}}</ref>▼ ▲[[\|{{tb}} Battle of Falkland Islands]], [[Doveton Sturdee\|Admiral Sturdee]] sinks most of German squadron.<ref group="lower-alpha">{{SMS\|Leipzig}} (3,200 t.), {{SMS\|Nürnberg}} (3,350 t.), {{SMS\|Scharnhorst}} (11,400 t.) and {{SMS\|Gneisenau}} (11,400 t.) sunk by Rear-Admiral [[Doveton Sturdee\|Sir F.Frederick Sturdee]]'s squadron {{HMS\|Invincible}} (17,250 t.), {{HMS\|Irresistible}} (17,250 t.), {{HMS\|Kent}} (9,800 t.), {{HMS\|Cornwall}} (9,800 t.) and {{HMS\|Glasgow}} (4,800 t.) off the [[Falkland Islands]].</ref> \|- ~~==References/notes==~~ ▲~~===~~\|'''Political~~===~~''' ~~{{Gleichen-123}}~~ ▲\|{{tb}} [[Great Britain]]: Trial of [[Adolf Ahlers]] for high-treason commenced. ~~{{reflist}}~~ ▲\|{{tb}} Great Britain: [[Great Speeches of the War/Simon\|Speech of the Solicitor-General]] at a great recruiting meeting held in the Victoria Hall, Bolton, Lancashire.<ref>{{gsw}}</ref> <noinclude>▼ \|} {{notes}}{{refs}} ▲<noinclude>{{sources}} [[Category:Great War events by day\|343]] [[Category:Great War events in December\|08]] </noinclude> {{timeline styles}}