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]
Germany
  • Hartwig von Ludwiger was conscripted into the Prussian Army. ww2dbase [Hartwig von Ludwiger | CPC]



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