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On This Day - August 1914-19

Spotlights over Paris The source and introduction for the daily chronology of the war contained within this section can be read here.

The table below provides links to daily summaries for each day of the war for the month of August during the years 1914-19.

Entries for other months of the war are listed in the sidebar to the right.

Date 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
2 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
3 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
4 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
5 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
6 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
7 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
8 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
9 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
10 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
11 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
12 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
13 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
14 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
15 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
16 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
17 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
18 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
19 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
20 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
21 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
22 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
23 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
24 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
25 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
26 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
27 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
28 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
29 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
30 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
31 August... 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

The sidebar to the right lists other months currently available.

Photographs accompanying each page, courtesy of the Photos of the Great War website, feature a broad range of subjects and theatres, and do not relate to any given day's entries.

Saturday, 22 August, 2009 Michael Duffy

'Strafing' is attacking ground troops by machine guns fired from low-flying aircraft.

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