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This month in World War I history

In honor and remembrance of World War I, this month the Bugle is introducing a new section to its monthly newsletter to provide a timeline of the important events that occurred during the conflict. While the last two months have seen op-eds on World War I, it is believed that the op-ed section can not adequately cover the war's various geographical, political, and military aspects. Therefore, this section will allow our readers to catch up the events that occurred during the centennial anniversary of World War I on a month-by-month bases.

On a related note, as this is the first attempt we have made to honor a conflict in this way, so we are looking for constructive feedback on this new feature and what you would like to see from it. If you have any suggestions, comments, questions, concerns, or other information that you would like to share with us please do not hesitate to leave a comment so we can improve this section.

Theatres
Western	Eastern	Italian
Caucasian	Middle Eastern	Balkan
African	Naval	Air
Politics	Asian and Pacific	Gallipoli

Dates	Events
August 1	Germany declares war on Russia.
	Italy declares its neutrality. Germany and the Ottoman Empire sign a secret alliance treaty.	Details
August 2	Germany invades Luxembourg.	Details
	Skirmish at Joncherey, first military action on the Western Front
August 2–26	Germany besieges and captures fortified Longwy "the iron gate to Paris" near the Luxembourg border, opening France to mass German invasion
August 3	Germany declares war on France. Belgium denies permission for German forces to pass through to the French border.
August 4	Germany invades Belgium to outflank the French army.	Details
	Britain protests the violation of Belgian neutrality, guaranteed by a treaty; German Chancellor replies that the treaty is just a chiffon de papier (a scrap of paper). The United Kingdom declares war on Germany.	Details
	The United States declares neutrality.
August 4–16	The Germans besiege and then capture the fortresses of Liège, Belgium.	Details
August 5	First Shot fired by Allied troops - German Steamer SS Pfalz surrenders after being fired on by Fort Nepean, south of Melbourne, Australia
	Montenegro declares war on Austria-Hungary.
August 6	Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.
	Serbia declares war on Germany.
August 7	The British Expeditionary Force arrives in France.	Details
August 7 – September 13	Battle of the Frontiers. The Germans obtain a victory against the British Expeditionary Force and France's Fifth Army.
August 7–10	Battle of Mulhouse, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers.
August 9	Montenegro declares war on Germany.
	The Togoland Campaign begins.
August 11	France declares war on Austria-Hungary.
August 12	The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary.
	Battle of Haelen, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers.
August 14–25	Battle of Lorraine, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers.
August 16–19	The Serbs defeat the Austro-Hungarians at the Battle of Cer.	Details
August 17	The Russian army enters East Prussia. Battle of Stalluponen.	Details
August 20	The Germans attack the Russians in East Prussia, the Battle of Gumbinnen. The attack is a failure in addition to being a deviation from the Schlieffen Plan.	Details
	The Germans occupy Brussels.
	Battle of Morhange, a phase of the Battle of Lorraine.
	Battle of Sarrebourg, a phase of the Battle of Lorraine.
August 21	Battle of Charleroi, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers.
August 21–23	Battle of the Ardennes, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers.
August 22	Austria-Hungary declares war on Belgium.
August 23	Japan declares war on Germany.	Details
	Battle of Mons, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers.
August 23–30	Battle of Tannenberg: the Russian army undergoes a heavy defeat by the Germans.	Details
August 23 – September 11	Battle of Lemberg. The Russians capture Lviv.	Details
August 23–25	Battle of Kraśnik, a phase of the Battle of Lemberg. The Austro-Hungarian First Army defeats the Russian Fourth Army.	Details
August 24	Action of Elouges.
	Battle of the Mortagne, a phase of the Battle of Lorraine.
August 24 – September 7	The Germans besiege and capture the Maubeuge Fortress.	Details
August 24 – September 28	The Allied Great Retreat to the River Marne.
August 25	Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
August 26	British and French forces conquer Togoland, a German protectorate in West Africa.	Details
	Battle of Le Grand Fayt.
August 26–27	Battle of Le Cateau. Allied retreat.	Details
August 26–30	Battle of Gnila Lipa, a phase of the Battle of Lemberg.
August 26 – September 2	Battle of Komarow, part of the Battle of Lemberg.	Details
August 27	Battle of Étreux.	Details
August 27 – November 7	Battle of Tsingtao: British and Japanese forces capture the German-controlled port of Tsingtao in China.	Details
August 28	The Royal Navy wins the First Battle of Heligoland Bight, North Sea.	Details
August 29–30	Battle of Saint Quentin, aka Battle of Guise. Orderly Allied retreat.	Details
August 30	New Zealand occupies German Samoa (later Western Samoa).	Details
September 1	Action at Nery	Details
September 2–11	Austro-Hungarian defeat at the Battle of Rava Russka, a phase of the Battle of Lemberg.	Details
September 4–13	Battle of Grand Couronne, a phase of the Battle of the Frontiers.
September 5–12	First Battle of the Marne. The German advance on Paris is halted, marking the failure of the Schlieffen Plan.	Details
	Battle of the Ourcq, a phase of the First Battle of the Marne.
	Battle of the Two Morins.
September 6–12	Battle of the Marshes of Saint-Gond, a phase of the First Battle of the Marne.
	Battle of Vitry, a phase of the First Battle of the Marne.
	Battle of Revigny, a phase of the First Battle of the Marne.
September 6 – October 4	Battle of Drina.
September 7–14	First Battle of the Masurian Lakes: The Russian Army of the Neman withdraws from East Prussia with heavy casualties.	Details
September 9	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg lays out Germany's war aims.	Details
September 11	Australian forces occupy German New Guinea.	Details
September 13	Troops from South Africa begin invading German South-West Africa.	Details
September 13–28	The First Battle of the Aisne ends in a substantial draw. The Race to the Sea begins.	Details
September 14	Erich von Falkenhayn replaces Helmuth von Moltke the Younger as German Chief of Staff.	Details
September 19 – October 11	Battle of Flirey
September 20	Battle of Zanzibar, German naval victory.
September 22	Bombardment of Madras
September 22–26	Bombardment of Papeete
September 26	The Ottoman Empire closes the Dardanelles and British blockade of the Straits begins.
	First Battle of Picardy
September 24	The Siege of Przemyśl begins	Details
September 25–29	First Battle of Albert	Details
September 28 – October 10	The Germans besiege and capture Antwerp, Belgium.	Details

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