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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 10 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 10 August on The Great War wiki.

1914

• Template:WF Liège: the Germans occupy the city. Alsace: French fall back; Mülhausen evacuated. Lorraine: French advance in force under General de Castelnau.
• Template:EF East Prussia: Russians reach Tilsit. Poland: Austrian First Army, under Dankl, enters Poland and advances towards Lyublin and Kyeltsi.
• Template:NO South Africa: Germans raid Cape Colony (from south-west Africa), but abandon Swakopmund and Lüderitz Bay.
• Template:PO France declares war on Austria-Hungary.

1915

• Template:HF Zeppelin air raid on Goole, East Riding and Dover concludes. Civilian casualties: 17 killed (inc. 6 children) and 18 injured (inc. 7 children). Military casualties: 3 injured.
• Template:WF Gains at Hooge consolidated. British artillery and aircraft active on Belgian Coast.
• Template:EF Vilna and Kovna being evacuated. Novo Georgievsk and Brest Litovsk bombarded.
  •  Germans reach Kaluszyn (east of Warsaw).
  •  Russians dislodged north-west of Kock (Veprj); Lomja and Ostrov (Bug) in enemy hands.
• Template:SF Vigorous Italian offensive on the Isonzo. Italian advance in Ortler range (Upper Adige).
  •  Feint landing at Karachali (Gulf of Saros, Gallipoli).
  •  Turkish counter-attack on Chunuk Bair nearly succeeds.
• Ae –  Russians pursue Turks on Upper Euphrates and capture important height in valley of Passin.
• Template:NO German fleet bombards Riga and is again driven off.
• Template:PO New Japanese Cabinet formed.
  •  America's reply to Germany regarding the William P. Frye is despatched.
  •  Duma decides on enquiry into abuses connected with munitions.
  •  Bucharest refuses to authorise transport of German munitions to Turkey.

References/notes

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)