• Battle of Haelen, between Liége and Brussels, ends, according to the Belgian War Office, "all to the advantage of the Belgian forces."
• Swedish Rigsdag decides on an expenditure of £2,800,000 for defence.
• Austrian-Lloyd steamer sunk by mine in Adriatic.
• German "official" news first sent out by wireless.
• German steamer captured on Lake Nyasa.
• The first squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps arrive in France.