Belgian Soldiers
resting after
Siege of Liege, 1914
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The powerful Belgian fort of Liege surrenders to German forces commanded by Otto von Emmich after being overwhelmed by German 42cm howitzers.
Start of a Serbian counter-attack that soon forces the Austrians to abandon their first invasion of Serbia and retreat back across the River Jadar.
HMS Glasgow captures the German SS Catherian