On This Day - 10 August 1914
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Western Front
Liege: the Germans occupy the city.
Alsace: French fall back; Mulhausen evacuated.
Lorraine: French advance in force under General de Castelnau.
Eastern Front
East Prussia: Russians reach Tilsit.
Poland: Austrian First Army, under Dankl, enters Poland and advances towards Lyublin and Kyeltsi.
Naval and Overseas Operations
South Africa: Germans raid Cape Colony (from south-west Africa), but abandon Swakopmund and Luderitz Bay.
Political, etc.
France declares war on Austria-Hungary.
