- Norman Douglas Sherwin enlists. Norman is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would die of wounds on 29 March 1918 whilst a prisoner of war.
- HMA Submarine AE1 is lost off New Guinea
- Reims is evacuated by German forces
- General Helmuth von Moltke resigns as Chief of the General Staff of the German Field Armies in France and Belgium. He is replaced by General Erich von Falkenhayn
14 September 1914
