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*[[Mr. Asquith]]'s Guildhall speech setting forth the aims of the [[Allies]]: "We shall never sheathe the sword." |
*[[Mr. Asquith]]'s Guildhall speech setting forth the aims of the [[Allies]]: "We shall never sheathe the sword." |
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*[[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Earl Kitchener]]'s speech at the Lord Mayor's Guildhall Banquet, responding to the toast "The Imperial Forces of the Crown." <ref>{{gsw}}</ref><ref>In his speech Earl Kitchener speaks with quiet confidence about the Army in the field, and of the greater Army in the making.</ref> |
*[[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Earl Kitchener]]'s [[Great Speeches of the War/Kitchener|speech]] at the Lord Mayor's Guildhall Banquet, responding to the toast "The Imperial Forces of the Crown." <ref>{{gsw}}</ref><ref>In his speech Earl Kitchener speaks with quiet confidence about the Army in the field, and of the greater Army in the making.</ref> |
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==References/notes== |
==References/notes== |
Revision as of 14:38, 22 July 2018
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 9 November.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 9 November on The Great War wiki.
1914
Western Front
- Ypres: Violent German attacks: British position again in danger.
Eastern Front
- Poland: Germans evacuate Kalish and Chenstokhov.
- Silesia entered by Russian cavalry, rail cut at Pleschen.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
- Armenia: Battle of Koprukeui.
- Template:SMS destroyed at Cocos Island by Template:HMAS.[1]
- Template:SMS, German cruiser, interned by the United States of America at Honolulu.
Political
- Mr. Asquith's Guildhall speech setting forth the aims of the Allies: "We shall never sheathe the sword."
- Earl Kitchener's speech at the Lord Mayor's Guildhall Banquet, responding to the toast "The Imperial Forces of the Crown." [2][3]
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)
- ↑ German cruiser Template:SMS (4.1 in. guns, Captain von Müller) run down and forced to fight by Template:HMAS (6 in. guns, Captain J.C.T. Glossop, RN) at Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, where the former ship had landed an armed party to destroy wireless and cut cable. The German ship was driven ashore and burnt with 230 casualties. Sydney losses totalled 18. Damage caused to British commerce by the Emden estimated at £2,211,000.
- ↑ Various authors. (1915). Great Speeches of the War. Hazell, Watson and Viney, London.
- ↑ In his speech Earl Kitchener speaks with quiet confidence about the Army in the field, and of the greater Army in the making.