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15 August 15, 1914 (Saturday) 16 August 16, 1914 (Sunday) ... The following events occurred in August 1914: Headline from newspaper Le Soir, 4 August 1914, ...
The Affair of Agbeluvoe ["affair" a military engagement by a force less than a division] (Agbéluvhoé, Beleaguer or the Battle of Tsewie, was fought during the First World War between invading British Empire soldiers of the West African Rifles and German Polizeitruppen (paramilitary police) in German Togoland (now Togo) on 15 August 1914.
Martha Bouton "Mamah" Borthwick (June 19, 1869 – August 15, 1914) was an American translator who had a romantic relationship with architect Frank Lloyd Wright, which ended when she was murdered. [1] She and Wright were instrumental in bringing the ideas and writings of Swedish feminist Ellen Key to American audiences.
August 1914 (Russian: Август четырнадцатого) is a Russian novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn about the defeat of the Imperial Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia.
By 14 August, over a front of about 100 miles (160 km), the Austro-Hungarians had crossed the rivers and converged on Valjevo. [26] The Austro-Hungarian 2nd and 5th Armies moved towards Belgrade, where they encountered the Serbian 1st, 2nd and 3rd Armies. [27] On 15 August, Putnik ordered his forces to counterattack. [3]
The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on Oct. 15, 1914. Just 70 sailors survived. The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on Oct. 15, 1914. ... Updated August 20, ...
The cruisers had 9.2 in (230 mm) guns versus the 11 in (280 mm) guns of Goeben and had armour a maximum of 6 in (15 cm) thick compared to the battlecruiser's 11 in (28 cm) armour belt. This meant that Troubridge's squadron was not only outranged and vulnerable to Goeben ′s powerful guns, but it was unlikely that his cruiser's guns could ...
August 15. The Panama Canal is inaugurated with the passage of the SS Ancon. [51] Mexican Revolution: Venustiano Carranza's troops under general Álvaro Obregón enter Mexico City. [52] August 15–24 – World War I: Battle of Cer – Serbian troops defeat the Austro-Hungarian army, marking the first Entente victory of the War. [citation needed]