Thursday, October 29, 1914. Turkey bombards Odessa.

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.

French colonial troops in France, October 29, 1914.

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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Wednesday, October 28, 1914. Collapsing Maritz Rebellion.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Battle of Armentières, Battle of La Bassée, Boer Armies, British Army, First Battle of Ypres, German Army, Maritz Rebellion, South African Army, World War One

Monday, October 26, 1914. Wars within wars.

Wars within wars, a feature of World War One and World War Two, commenced with a battle between the Austro Hungarian backed Polish Legion and the Imperial Russian Army.  The Russians prevaled in the action at at the villages of Laski and Anielin.

Both the Austro Hungarians and the Russians would back different bands of Polish nationalists.

British and French colonial troops captured Edéa in German Cameroon.

The Norwegian schooner Endurance, carrying members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition arrived at the South Georgia Islands.

In another expedition, this one much further north, Captain Robert Bartlett and eight survivors of Karluk arrived in Victoria, British Columbia on USS Bear.

HMS Liverpool and HMS Fury with RMS Olympic, try to take the sinking HMS Audacious in tow. October 26, 1914.

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Sunday, October 25, 1914. Change of command.

Labels: 1910s, 1914, German Army, World War One