[Jimbuna]

25th August

Serbian forces defeat the Austro-Hungarian invasion at the battle of Cer, expelling all enemy troops from Serbia.

4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers charge German guns at the Action of Elouges.

First use of aircraft for patrol purposes (over retreating British forces in France).

Battle of Malines begins.

Valenciennes taken by German forces.

Battle of the Mortagne (Vosges) begins.

Valenciennes taken by German forces.

First Battle of Krasnik (Poland) ends.

French Government issue new decree defining contraband.

Loss of three British trawlers:
Kesteven: scuttled in the North Sea 69 nautical miles (128 km) east north east of the Inner Dowsing Lightship by a Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boat. Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Lindsey: scuttled in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) east north east of the Inner Dowsing Lightship by a Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boat. Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.
Porpoise: scuttled in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) east north east of the Inner Dowsing Lightship by a Kaiserliche Marine torpedo boat. Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.