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*[[Japan]]: Ultimatum to [[Germany]] demanding evacuation of [[Tsing-Tau]] (Kiao-Chau).<ref>Ultimatutm regarding the evacuation of [[Tsing-Tau]] (the naval port of Kiao-Chau, the German Protectorate in China) presented to [[Germany]] by [[Japan]].</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:54, 9 January 2018
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 15 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 15 August on The Great War wiki.
1914
Western Front
- Belgium: Reduction of forts at Liége completed; Germans checked at Dinant by the French.
- Alsace-Lorraine: Passes of the Vosges in French hands.
- South Africa: Meeting of disaffected Boers: Address by General Delarey.[1]
Political
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ Meeting at Treuerfontein (Western Transvaal) of Dutch Burghers, convened at instigation of rebel and German plotters. Address by General Delarey, who possessed unrivalled influence in Western Transvaal, to about 800 Burghers. Situation in Europe explained and exhortation to keep cool and await events.
- ↑ Ultimatutm regarding the evacuation of Tsing-Tau (the naval port of Kiao-Chau, the German Protectorate in China) presented to Germany by Japan.