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Serbs abandon their attempts to force the Austrians back across the River Drina and retreat to a new defensive line.
General Hans von Beseler is ordered to capture Antwerp.
HMAS Australia is ordered to return to Rabaul to prevent von Spee's squadron moving west to join the Emden in the Indian Ocean. She remains there until it is clear that von Spee is not headign west.