27th August Battle of Malines ends (see 25th). British Marines landed at Ostend, accompanied by R.N.A.S. unit. Lille occupied by German cavalry (see September 5th). Mezières occupied by German forces (see November 10th, 1918). M. Millerand appointed French Minister for War (see 26th, and October 29th, 1915). First attack on Mora (Cameroons) (see September 8th, 1915). 28th August Battle of the Meuse ends (see 25th). Austro-Hungarian declaration of war received by Belgian Government (see 22nd). Naval action off Heligoland (German light cruisers Köln, Mainz, and Ariadne sunk by British squadron). 29th August Arras evacuated by the French forces (see September 30th). First Battle of Guise begins (see 30th). Sedan taken by German forces (see November 6th, 1918). Battles of the Western Front: First Encounters and Battles of the Frontiers German airship Z.-5 brought down by gunfire at Mlawa (Poland). August 30th Laon, La Fère, and Roye occupied by German forces (see March 17th, 1917, and October 13th, 1918). First Battle of Guise ends (see 29th, and November 4th, 1918). First German aeroplane raid on Paris (see September 16th, 1918). First Battle of Lemberg (Galicia) ands (see 26th, and September 3rd). First attack on Garua (Cameroons) (see April 18th, 1915). Samoa occupied by New Zealand Expeditionary Force. 31st August Amiens entered by German forces (see September 13th). Battle of Tannenberg ends (see 23rd). Franco- British Agreement defining provisional zones in Togoland concluded (see 26th, and December 27th, 1916). SEPTEMBER 1914 1st September Lord Kitchener visits France to confer with the British Commander-in-Chief. Craonne taken by German forces (see May 4th, 1917). Soissons taken by German forces (see 13th). First unit of Indian Expeditionary Force C arrives at Mombasa (see August 19th and December 31st). General J. Stewart takes over command of British forces in East Africa (see October 31st).
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