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*Armenia: Battle of [[Koprukeui]].
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
*{{SMS|Emden}} destroyed at Cocos Island {{HMAS|Sydney}}.<ref>German cruiser {{SMS|Emden}} (4.1 in. guns, Captain von Müller) run down and forced to fight by {{HMAS|Sydney}} (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.</ref>
*{{SMS|Geier}}, German cruiser, interned by USA at Honolulu.
===Political===
*[[Mr. Asquith]]'s Guildhall speech setting forth the aims of the [[Allies]]: "We shall never sheathe the sword."
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