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==1914==
*{{WF}} Battle of the [[Marne]] (continued). Struggle on the [[Ourcq]] and [[Petit-Morin]]. ▼
**Mauberge captured by the Germans with many prisoners and guns. ▼
▲*Battle of the [[Marne]] (continued). Struggle on the [[Ourcq]] and [[Petit-Morin]].
**[[Sir John French]]'s [[Despatch 7 September 1914 (FM Sir John French)|first despatch]] (published on [[9 September]]).<ref>[[Sir John French]]'s [[Despatch 7 September 1914 (FM Sir John French)|first despatch]] covers the period since the landing of British [[troops]] (1st Corps, 1st and 2nd Divisions; 2nd Corps, 3rd and 5th Divisions and 1st Cavalry Division) in [[France]] up to their retirement to the Oise ([[28 August]]) on the line [[Noyon]]–Chaulny–[[La Fère]]. It describes the battles of [[Mons]] ([[23 August]]), [[Landrecies]] ([[25 August]]), Le Cateau ([[26 August]]), together with the arrival of the 4th Division on the 23rd, and the general retreat necessitated by the overwhelming German forces, and the movements of the French troops who assisted in this theatre. Sit H. Smith-Dorrien and the [[Royal Flying Corps]] specially singled out for distinction.</ref>▼
▲*Mauberge captured by the Germans with many prisoners and guns.
*{{EF}} [[Galicia]]: Fresh struggle round [[Grodek]]: Russian cavalry reach the [[Carpathians]].▼
▲*[[Sir John French]]'s [[Despatch 7 September 1914 (FM Sir John French)|first despatch]] (published on [[9 September]]).<ref>[[Sir John French]]'s [[Despatch 7 September 1914 (FM Sir John French)|first despatch]] covers the period since the landing of British [[troops]] (1st Corps, 1st and 2nd Divisions; 2nd Corps, 3rd and 5th Divisions and 1st Cavalry Division) in [[France]] up to their retirement to the Oise ([[28 August]]) on the line [[Noyon]]–Chaulny–[[La Fère]]. It describes the battles of [[Mons]] ([[23 August]]), [[Landrecies]] ([[25 August]]), Le Cateau ([[26 August]]), together with the arrival of the 4th Division on the 23rd, and the general retreat necessitated by the overwhelming German forces, and the movements of the French troops who assisted in this theatre. Sit H. Smith-Dorrien and the [[Royal Flying Corps]] specially singled out for distinction.</ref>
*{{SF}} Second Austrian invasion of [[Serbia]] begins: the [[Drina]] crossed in force.▼
*{{NO}} [[East Africa]]: German reverse near [[Tsavo]].▼
▲*[[Galicia]]: Fresh struggle round [[Grodek]]: Russian cavalry reach the [[Carpathians]].
**[[Pacific cable]] cut between Banfield and Fanning Island by ''[[SMS Nürnberg|Nürnberg]]''.▼
▲*Second Austrian invasion of [[Serbia]] begins: the [[Drina]] crossed in force.
==1915==
*{{HF}} [[Zeppelin]] [[air raid]] on East Suffolk and London begins.
▲*[[East Africa]]: German reverse near [[Tsavo]].
▲*[[Pacific cable]] cut between Banfield and Fanning Island by ''[[SMS Nürnberg|Nürnberg]]''.
==References/notes==
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