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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 5 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 5 August on The Great War wiki.
1914
- Template:WF - Liège: Fort Fléron silenced.
- Template:NO - SS Königin Luise, German mine-layer, destroyed. SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau reach Messina.[1]
- Template:PO - Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
- Great Britain mobilises.
- Lord Kitchener is made War Secretary.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ The SMS Breslau is chased into Messina Harbour by British cruisers. Owing to misunderstanding she escapes with the SMS Goeben on 6 August.