24th August
General Retreat from the Line of the Sambre and the Meuse; British fall back from Mons; Germans massacre civilians at Dinant and occupy Tournai, but driven from Malines; French offensive north of Nancy.
Russians advancing in East Prussia.
Austrians advance in Poland beyond Kyeltsi.
Cattaro, Austrian Adriatic port, bombarded by Franco-British fleet.
British Lieutenant Maurice Dease is killed in action. He will become the 1st recipient of the Victoria Cross in WWI:
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Nimy Bridge was being defended by a single company of the 4th Royal Fusiliers and a machine-gun section with Dease in command. The gun fire was intense, and the casualties very heavy, but the lieutenant went on firing in spite of his wounds, until he was hit for the fifth time and was carried away.
Though two or three times badly wounded he continued to control the fire of his machine guns at Mons on 23rd Aug., until all his men were shot. He died of his wounds.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Dease
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/c...nes-ceremonies
China states it will not interfere with Japanese attacks on the German concession at Tsingtao.