HMS Falmouth, 1914. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 21243).
- The German High Sea Fleet conducts a raid in the North Sea. The British Grand Fleet intercepts; HMS Nottingham and Falmouth are torpedoed and sunk. The German High Sea Fleet retreats
- British troops continue to gain ground amid heavy fighting on the Somme
- French soldiers repulse German attacks on the village of Fleury
