Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/November 2014/World War I timeline
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This Month in World War I History |
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Western | Eastern | Italian
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Caucasian
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Middle Eastern
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Balkan
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African
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Naval | Air |
Politics | Asian and Pacific
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Gallipoli
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October 9 – November 1 | Central powers control Belgrade. | Details |
October 10 – November 2 | Battle of La Bassee .
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October 12 – November 2 | First Battle of Messines. | Details |
October 13 – November 2 | Battle of Armentieres .
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October 16–31 | Battle of the Yser. French and Belgian forces secure the coastline of Belgium. | Details |
October 19 – November 22 | The First Battle of Ypres ends the Race to the Sea. The Germans are prevented from reaching Calais and Dunkirk. | Details |
November 1 | Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire. | |
Battle of Coronel. Von Spee's German cruiser squadron defeats a Royal Navy squadron under Christopher Cradock. | Details | |
November 2 | The United Kingdom begins the naval blockade of Germany. | Details
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November 2–16 | Bergmann Offensive, first military engagement in the Caucuses of the First World War. | |
November 3 | Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire. | |
Battle of Kilimanjaro. | ||
November 3–5 | Von Lettow-Vorbeck's German colonial forces defeat the British at the Battle of Tanga, German East Africa. | Details |
November 4-17 | The British send a Royal Flying Corps detachment to Egypt to assist in guarding the Suez Canal.[1] | Details |
November 5 | France and the United Kingdom declare war on the Ottoman Empire. | |
November 6 | Fao Landing, British and Indians besiege the fortress at Fao. | |
November 9 | Battle of Cocos, northeast Indian Ocean. The Australian cruiser Sydney destroys the German cruiser Emden. | Details |
November 11 | . | Details
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November 11–21 | Battle of Basra. | Details |
November 11 – December 6 | Silesian Offensive ).
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November 16 – December 15 | Battle of Kolubara, Austro-Hungarians leave Serbia. |
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- ^ It departs the United Kingdom on 4 November and arrives on 17 November. See Military Aviation in 1914