The Great War 1914-1918

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1914 (Thursday)

Western Front  ▶  Battle of the Yser: Germans take Ramscapelle. The Belgians open the sluices of the canal.  ▶  Heavy fighting round Festubert (La Bassée).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres Egypt: Beduin tribes raid the frontier.
Naval and Overseas Operations Turkish fleet attacks Odessa, Novorossisk, and Theodosia, and sinks Russian destroyer, etc.
Political  ▶  Great Britain: Lord Fisher appointed First Sea Lord.  ▶  Turkey enters the war on the German side.[a]

Notes

  1. ↑ Turkey enters the war on the side of the Central Powers. Telegram from Petrograd states that German-Turkish warships SMS Breslau and SMS Hamidia bombarded simultaneously and unexpectedly the unfortified seaside towns of Theodosia and Novorossisk respectively.


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