British retire to line Compiegne-Soissons.
Germans occupy La Fere, Rethel, Amiens.
Joffre meets with Sir John French at Compiègne, but is unable to persuade him to halt the BEF’s retreat.
John French orders the main British base to be moved from Le Havre to St Nazaire.
The surrounded French fortress at Maubeuge is subjected to bombardment by German heavy artillery.
Distant gunfire can be heard in Paris.
Gallieni’s authority is extended to a twenty mile radius around the capital.
Cameroons: British reverse at Garua.
Samoa: German portion occupied by New Zealand troops.
Journalist J. Luckman for the NY Tribune and London Standard makes a claim that modern bullets cause “little pain” due to their small size.
First elements of the Canadian expeditionary force set sail towards Europe.
East Prussia: Battle of Tannenberg ends in the rout of Samsonov's Second Army.
On the Southwest Front, Ruzskiy's Russian 3rd Army defeated the Austro-Hungarian 3rd Army at Lutzow on the Zlota Lipa River, and continued their advance on Lemberg.
On the Southwest Front, Russian forces repulsed an Austro-Hungarian 2nd Army counter-offensive on the Gnila Lipa River in Galicia. The Austro-Hungarians lost 20,000 prisoners, with many killed in action. The Russian 8th Army captured Halicz, on the Dniester River.
Tsar Nicholas II approved a decision to establish the All-Russian Union of Towns and Cities, limiting its existence to the duration of the war.
Samoa: German portion occupied by New Zealand troops.
Ship Losses:
Dargai ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off Montevideo, Uruguay and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
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