2 September 1914
Viscount Edward Grey cables the Japanese Government on behalf of the Admiralty requesting that they "send a division of the Japanese Navy to cooperate with the British and French fleets primarily in the Mediterranean and ultimately in the decisive theatre of the naval war."
Despite not wanting to send their ships so far afield, the Japanese used the invitation as an excuse to expand their influence in the Pacific. They agreed to assume larger responsibilities in the Pacific and to send a cruiser squadron to the 'South Seas' to try to locate the German warships and to destroy the German bases in the North Pacific islands.
British forces withdraw to Chantilly-Nanteuil.
Malines bombarded by the Germans.
In Galicia the Battle of Lemberg ends with a rout of the Austrians, who lose 130,000 men.
In Poland the Austrian advance is checked at Lyublin.
Japanese troops landed for the attack on the fortress in Tsing-tau.
The French government leaves Paris for Bordeaux.
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