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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 19 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 19 August on The Great War wiki.

1914

• Template:WF - Belgium: Germans reach Dinant-Neufchateau line and occupy Louvain; Belgians, defeated at Aerschot, fall back towards Antwerp.
  •  Alsace: French re-enter Mülhausen and push on in Lorraine.
• Template:EF - Poland: Austrians' advance checked near Kyeltsi.
• Template:SF - End of Battle of the Jadar; defeat of Austrians.
• Template:PO - Kaiser's alleged order for the destruction of "General French's contemptible little army".

1915

• Template:WF - Germans retake trenches on Ablain-Angres road.
• Template:EF - Fall of Novo Georgievsk. Russians driven back between Augustovo and Osovyets (Northern Centre).
  •  Germans progress beyond the Niemen east of Tykocin.
  •  Mackensen reaches Piszcza and gains ground towards Brest-Litovsk.
• Ae –  - Turks prevent Italians leaving Smyrna.
• Template:NO - USA liner Arabic (White Star) torpedoed and sunk. Americans on board.
  •  German force landing at Pernau (Riga) destroyed by Russians.
  •  Norwegian mail steamer Haakon VII stopped by Germans and mails seized. Norwegian Government protests.
  •  British submarine HMS E13 shelled when aground at Saltholm in neutral Danish waters.
• Template:PO - Reichstag opened; speech by Chancellor. Bulgarian Foreign Minister resigns.
  •  British forces total 3,825,000, including Colonial troops.

References/notes

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