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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 29 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 29 August on The Great War wiki.

1914

Western Front

• Stiff French rearguard fights.
• British retire to line Compiègne-Soissons.
• Germans occupy La Fère, Rethel, Amiens, etc.

Eastern Front

• East Prussia: Battle of Tannenberg ends in the rout of Samsonov's Second Army.

Naval and Overseas Operations

• Cameroons: British reverse at Garua.
• Samoa: German portion occupied by New Zealand troops.

References/notes

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