Sir John French lands at Boulogne.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the Navy, announces that he will seek the Senate seat for New York.
Fort de Liers, Fort de Fléron, and Fort de Boncelles, three of the Liège forts, surrenders to German troops after heavy bombardment.
French 1st Army under Dubail and 2nd Army under Castelnau advance into Germany towards Sarrebourg, Lorraine.
German 6th and 7th Armies under Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and General Josias von Heeringen fall back.
Austro-Hungarian 2nd and 5th Armies move towards Belgrade, but are opposed by the Serbian 1st, 2nd and 3rd Armies.
Grand Duke Nicholas, supreme commander of the Russian armies against the Central Powers, appeals to the Poles to support Russia.
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