100 Years ago.... 17 October 1914 First units of Australian Imperial Force embark for France. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Armentières recaptured by Allied forces. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Battle off Texel: The torpedo boats SMS S115, SMS S117, SMS S118, SMS S119 were shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands by HMS Lance, HMS Legion , HMS Lennox, HMS Loyal and HMS Undaunted. German Casualties; 218 killed, 30 Prisoners of war. British Casualties; 5 wounded en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Texel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First British submarines (E.-1 and E.-9) enter the Baltic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- German submarines attempt a raid on Grand Fleet anchorage at Scapa Flow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Naniwa-class cruiser IJN Takachiho was torpedoed and sunk in Jiaozhou Bay by SMS S90 with the loss of 271 of her 274 crew. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The S90-class torpedo boat SMS S90 was scuttled at Tsingtao, China. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herlies captured by the Allies: End of the offensive of the Allies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heavy German counter-attacks impose a strenuous defensive for a period extending to 17 November. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poland: Crisis of Battle of Warsaw: Russian reinforcements reach the city and save it from capture. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portugal is strongly in sympathy with Great Britain, and is reported to be mobilising. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The German battleship Goeben, which fled into the Dardanelles from British cruisers and was acquired by Turkey, is believed to be raiding in the Black Sea. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The German 9th Army commander von Hindenburg ordered a retreat, ending the immediate threat to Warsaw. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Daily News, 17 October 1914 trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/8376992?zoomLevel=1 The West Australian, 17 October 1914 trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2798887?zoomLevel=1
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