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*{{PO}} - [[Germany]]: [[Kaiser]] issues [[proclamation]] to his people.<ref>The [[Kaiser]] issues [[proclamation]] to the German people stating that since the foundation of the Empire he and his ancestors had laboured for peace, but "in the midst or perfect peace, enemies surprise us. We shall resist to the last breath of man and horse."</ref> |
*{{PO}} - [[Germany]]: [[Kaiser]] issues [[proclamation]] to his people.<ref>The [[Kaiser]] issues [[proclamation]] to the German people stating that since the foundation of the Empire he and his ancestors had laboured for peace, but "in the midst or perfect peace, enemies surprise us. We shall resist to the last breath of man and horse."</ref> |
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** [[Great Britain]]: [[Prince of Wales]] inaugurates [[National Relief Fund]]. |
** [[Great Britain]]: [[Prince of Wales]] inaugurates [[National Relief Fund]]. |
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==1915== |
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*{{WF}} - German attacks in [[Argonne]] and [[Vosges]] repulsed with heavy losses (estimated 4,000). |
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*{{EF}} - Russians repulse Germans near [[Riga]]. |
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** Enemy attacks [[Kovna]]; Russian retreat behind Jara. |
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** Enemy attacks with gas near [[Osovyets]]. |
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** Sierok (northern Georgievsk) occupied. |
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** Enemy reaches Vistula near Pienkow. |
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*{{SF}} - [[Gallipoli]]: Very heavy fighting and losses; little progress; frightfully hot. |
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** Italian [[artillery]] reaches Ercavallo Peak ([[Trentino]]). |
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*{{PO}} - [[Rumania]] mobilises 10 classes reservists. |
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** [[National Relief Fund]] total £5,431,671 in one year. |
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==References/notes== |
==References/notes== |
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Revision as of 22:48, 12 June 2018
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 7 August.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 7 August on The Great War wiki.
1914
- Template:WF - Liège: German infantry penetrate the city.
- Alsace invaded by the French.
- British Expeditionary Force begins to land in France.
- Template:EF - East Prussia: First Russian Army, under General Rennenkampf, crosses the frontier in force.[1]
- Template:SF - Bosnia is entered by the Serbians.
- Template:PO - Germany: Kaiser issues proclamation to his people.[2]
- Great Britain: Prince of Wales inaugurates National Relief Fund.
1915
- Template:WF - German attacks in Argonne and Vosges repulsed with heavy losses (estimated 4,000).
- Template:EF - Russians repulse Germans near Riga.
- Template:SF - Gallipoli: Very heavy fighting and losses; little progress; frightfully hot.
- Template:PO - Rumania mobilises 10 classes reservists.
- National Relief Fund total £5,431,671 in one year.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ General Rennenkampf's main army crosses the frontier at Suwalki, and commences the invasion of East Prussia.
- ↑ The Kaiser issues proclamation to the German people stating that since the foundation of the Empire he and his ancestors had laboured for peace, but "in the midst or perfect peace, enemies surprise us. We shall resist to the last breath of man and horse."