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==[[1914]] (Monday)==
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*[[Ypres]]: Violent German attacks: British position again in danger.▼
*[[Poland]]: Germans evacuate [[Kalish]] and [[Chenstokhov]].▼
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*[[Silesia]] entered by Russian cavalry, rail cut at [[Pleschen]].▼
|'''Eastern Front'''
===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres===▼
*Armenia: Battle of [[Koprukeui]].▼
===Naval and Overseas Operations===▼
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*{{SMS|Emden}} destroyed at Cocos Island by {{HMAS|Sydney}}.<ref>German cruiser {{SMS|Emden}} (4.1 in. guns, Captain von Müller) run down and forced to fight by {{HMAS|Sydney}} (6 in. guns, Captain J.C.T. Glossop, RN) at Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, where the former ship had landed an armed party to destroy wireless and cut cable. The German ship was driven ashore and burnt with 230 casualties. ''Sydney'' losses totalled 18. Damage caused to British commerce by the ''Emden'' estimated at £2,211,000.</ref>▼
*{{SMS|Geier}}, German cruiser, interned by the [[United States of America]] at Honolulu.▼
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===Political===▼
*[[Mr. Asquith]]'s Guildhall speech setting forth the aims of the [[Allies]]: "We shall never sheathe the sword."▼
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*[[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Earl Kitchener]]'s [[Great Speeches of the War/Kitchener|speech]] at the Lord Mayor's Guildhall Banquet, responding to the toast "The Imperial Forces of the Crown." <ref>{{gsw}}</ref><ref>In his speech Earl Kitchener speaks with quiet confidence about the Army in the field, and of the greater Army in the making.</ref>▼
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[[Category:Great War events by day|314]]
[[Category:Great War events in November|09]]
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