18 August 1914
ADML von Spee, C-in-C, German Pacific Fleet, recorded in his journal: ‘The AUSTRALIA is my special apprehension-she alone is superior to my whole squadron’.
Germans occupy Tirlemont.
French advance and cut line between Metz and Strasbourg at Saarburg.
Russian invasion from the east under Brusilov and Russki continues.
Austrians defeated at Shabats.
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