Timeline Monday 19 October 1914

Events on Monday 19 October 1914 2

• 1914 First Battle of Ypres Allied and German forces fight to a stalemate in Flanders German attempts to break through to the Channel ports were halted by British, French, and Belgian forces around the Belgian city of Ypres. Losses were heavy on both sides, effectively destroying the original British Expeditionary Force. The battle marked the end of the war of movement and the start of static trench warfare in the west.
• 1914 The First Battle of Ypres Ypres, Belgium The last attempt by either side to outflank the other. It ended with the pre-war British regular army effectively destroyed and a continuous trench line from the Channel to Switzerland.