The Battle of Gerontas (Ναυμαχία του Γέροντα) was fought in the southeast Aegean, seeing 75 small Greek vessels defeat an Ottoman armada of 100 vessels contributed by various parts of the Ottoman Empire. The engagement was one of the most significant of the Greek War of Independence, fought from 1821 to 1829, which freed Greece from Ottoman rule.
The SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau, reflagged as ships of the Ottoman Navy, bombarded Russian ports Novorossiysk, Odessa and Sevastopol in the Black Sea.
The Ottoman Empire had yet to declare war.
The Germans took the crossroads at Gheluvelt, Belgium. Followup advances placed their artillery within range of Ypres.
Engineers flooded the lowlands near Yser to retard German advances.
The Polish Legion fought the Russian Army at the Battle of Mołotków with substantial losses.
The Australian government passed the War Precautions Act.
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