25 August 1914: Western Front Retreat from Mons; rearguard action at Landrecies; Line of Le Cateau-Esnes occupied. Germans take Sedan; Maubeuge invested; Mulhausen again evacuated by the French. Last Namur fort silenced. Eastern Front Poland: Austrian First Army defeats Russians at Krasnik and advances towards Lyublin. Southern Front Serbia: End of First Austrian invasion; complete defeat of the Austrians with heavy losses. Naval and Overseas Operations Cameroons: Tepe occupied by the Allies. Political, etc. Austria-Hungary declares war on Japan. Lord Kitcheners first speech as Secretary of State for War.
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