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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>
**&nbsp;[[Great Britain]]: [[Prince of Wales]] inaugurates [[National Relief Fund]].
 
==1915==
*{{WF}} - German attacks in [[Argonne]] and [[Vosges]] repulsed with heavy losses (estimated 4,000).
*{{EF}} - Russians repulse Germans near [[Riga]].
**&nbsp;Enemy attacks [[Kovna]]; Russian retreat behind Jara.
**&nbsp;Enemy attacks with gas near [[Osovyets]].
**&nbsp;Sierok (northern Georgievsk) occupied.
**&nbsp;Enemy reaches Vistula near Pienkow.
*{{SF}} - [[Gallipoli]]: Very heavy fighting and losses; little progress; frightfully hot.
**&nbsp;Italian [[artillery]] reaches Ercavallo Peak ([[Trentino]]).
*{{PO}} - [[Rumania]] mobilises 10 classes reservists.
**&nbsp;[[National Relief Fund]] total £5,431,671 in one year.
 
==References/notes==