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==1914==
===Western Front===
*[[Battle of the Yser]]: Germans take [[Ramscapelle]]. The Belgians open the sluices of the canal.
*Heavy fighting round [[Festubert]] ([[La Bassée]]).
===Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres===
*[[Egypt]]: Beduin tribes raid the frontier.
===Naval and Overseas Operations===
*Turkish fleet attacks [[Odessa]], [[Novorossisk]], and [[Theodosia]], and sinks Russian destroyer, etc.
===Political===
*[[Great Britain]]: [[Lord Fisher]] appointed First Sea Lord.
*[[Turkey]] enters the war on the German side.<ref>[[Turkey]] enters the war on the side of the [[Central Powers]]. Telegram from Petrograd states that German-Turkish warships {{SMS|Breslau}} and {{SMS|Hamidia}} bombarded simultaneously and unexpectedly the unfortified seaside towns of [[Theodosia]] and [[Novorossisk]] respectively.</ref>
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▲==References / notes==
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