WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1914
Find out what all happened August to September 1914

World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station. (13. September 1914)

World War I: The German minelayer Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion. (5. August 1914)

World War I: The beginning of the Battle of Cer. (15. August 1914)

World War I: Germany declares war against France. (3. August 1914)

Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka. (11. September 1914)

World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital. (5. September 1914)

World War I: German forces occupy Brussels. (20. August 1914)

World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic – two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea. (6. August 1914)

World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia. (6. August 1914)

World War I: in Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war. (22. August 1914)

In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed. (5. August 1914)

St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd. (1. September 1914)

World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army. (9. September 1914)

The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I. (18. September 1914)

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. (17. September 1914)

German submarine SM U-9 torpedoes and sinks the British cruisers, HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy on the Broad Fourteens off the Dutch coast with the loss of over 1,400 men. (22. September 1914)

William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule. (3. September 1914)

World War I: the Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. (28. August 1914)

World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France. (13. September 1914)

World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa. (18. September 1914)