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Twenty German battalions attack the four French and Belgian battalions in Dixmunde, finally forcing them to retreat west across the Yser. The retreating Allied troops destroy the bridges across the Yser and the Germans make no real progress on this front for the rest of the war.
The collier Newcastle is sunk across the most navigable mouth of the Rufiji river, helping to trap the German cruiser SMS Konigsberg.