- Ypres is occupied by the German cavalry
- The first elements of the Royal Marine Brigade of the Royal Naval Division arrive at Antwerp
- The first contingents of Canadian and Newfoundland Expeditionary Forces leave for England to continue their training
- Britain begins to lay mines in the open sea between the Goodwin sandbanks in Kent and Ostend in Belgium
- Maramaros-Sziget in Romania is taken by Russian forces