11th September 1914: Ludendorff arrives in Britain in captivity. Befitting his rank, he is imprisoned in furnished rooms in the Tower of London. Russian troops take Lemberg.
14th September 1914: 1st Battle of the Masurian Lakes inconclusive. All rail links east of Antwerp now destroyed by Belgian and BEF detachments.
15th Sept: German forces besiege Valenciennes in Northern France. Learning from the tactics employed at Namur, Sir John French orders semi-guerilla tactics from some of his battalions outside the town.
19th Sept: BEF attack on the flank of von Kluck's siege army succeeds in destroying 3 German "Big Berthas".
24th Sept: Siege of Przemsyl begins.
25th Sept: Siege of Valenciennes lifted. Under increasing strain, von Bulow and von Kluck fall back to Quievrain, just over the border in Belgium.
26th Sept: Terrified of a Russian advance, German OHL orders several regiments east.
28th Sept: Allied artillery begins to hammer German positions at Quievrain. BEF troops come under attack at Fort Breendonk near Antwerp.
29th Sept: BEF and Belgian troops dig in around Antwerp. One BEF battalion killed to the last man near Tongerlo.
30th September 1914: Allied infantry offensive begins the Battle of Quievrain.
2nd October 1914: More British troops arrive in Antwerp. Breendonk falls. Battle of the Vistula River ends-no German advance.
3rd October: Brilliant tactics by von Bulow and von Kluck drive the Allies out of Quievrain-the town, however, is flattened.
14th September 1914: 1st Battle of the Masurian Lakes inconclusive. All rail links east of Antwerp now destroyed by Belgian and BEF detachments.
15th Sept: German forces besiege Valenciennes in Northern France. Learning from the tactics employed at Namur, Sir John French orders semi-guerilla tactics from some of his battalions outside the town.
19th Sept: BEF attack on the flank of von Kluck's siege army succeeds in destroying 3 German "Big Berthas".
24th Sept: Siege of Przemsyl begins.
25th Sept: Siege of Valenciennes lifted. Under increasing strain, von Bulow and von Kluck fall back to Quievrain, just over the border in Belgium.
26th Sept: Terrified of a Russian advance, German OHL orders several regiments east.
28th Sept: Allied artillery begins to hammer German positions at Quievrain. BEF troops come under attack at Fort Breendonk near Antwerp.
29th Sept: BEF and Belgian troops dig in around Antwerp. One BEF battalion killed to the last man near Tongerlo.
30th September 1914: Allied infantry offensive begins the Battle of Quievrain.
2nd October 1914: More British troops arrive in Antwerp. Breendonk falls. Battle of the Vistula River ends-no German advance.
3rd October: Brilliant tactics by von Bulow and von Kluck drive the Allies out of Quievrain-the town, however, is flattened.
