Showing posts with label E9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label E9. Show all posts

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

October 7

The Belgian Government moves to Ostend, and the evacuation of Antwerp begins.

The British submarine E9 returns safely after sinking a German destroyer off the River Ems.

HMS E9

Japanese forces occupy Yap Island in the Pacific, used by the Germans as a naval communication centre.

Saturday, 13 September 2014

September 13

The Allied offensive in the Battle of the Aisne commences.

The British advance at the Battle of the Aisne

The 26th Brigade RFA advances to Bourg, "crossed river [Aisne] by canal bridge".

The German cruiser SMS Hela is sunk by the British submarine E9 off Heligoland.

South African troops invade German South West Africa.