17 Aug 1914
- The Germans set up a Committee for the liberation of Russian Jews. ww2dbase [AC]
- Lieutenant-General Sir James Grierson, GOC 11 Corps of the BEF, died unexpectedly of a heart attack shortly after arriving in France. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Hartwig von Ludwiger was conscripted into the Prussian Army. ww2dbase [Hartwig von Ludwiger | CPC]
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