19th August 1914 On this day: 30th Brigade RFA entrain   On the 19th August 30th Brigade RFA entrained to Marley. USA to remain neutral   President Woodrow Wilson announces that the United Stated of America will remain neutral. Canada to provide Expeditionary Force   The raising of an expeditionary force to send overseas is authorised by the Canadian Parliament. RFC make first reconnaissance flight   The first RFC reconnaissance flight over German positions is made by Lt G Mapplebeck of No 4 Squadron in a BE2a, and Captain P Joubert de la Ferté of No 3 Squadron in a Bleriot XI-2. Serbian Forces victorious   At the Battle of Cer also known as Battle of Jadar, the Serbian Forces, led by General Stepa Stepanovic, unexpectedly defeated the Austro-Hungarian 5th army forcing a retreat from Serbian territory. 18,500 Austro-Hungarians were killed or wounded and 6,500 were captured. The Serbians only lost around 5,000 men. This was the first victory of the Allied forces in the Great War and did much to boost morale. Austrailian troops sail from Sydney   1500 men of the Australian Expeditionary Force boarded the Berrima in Sydney to sail to Palm Island for training Kaiser Wilhelm II Gives his famous Order of the Day   The famous "Order of the Day" was given by the Kaiser, Wilhelm II, on the 19th August, 1914:- "It is my Royal and Imperial Command that you concentrate your energies, for the immediate present upon one single purpose, and that is that you address all your skill and all the valour of my soldiers, to exterminate first, the treacherous English, walk over General French’s contemptible little Army." The men of the British Expeditionary Force took it with good humour and embraced being called contemptible, and from that day on they would be forever known as "The Old Contemptibles". http://www.military-research.co.uk/that-contemptible-little-army-%E2%80%93-the-bef-in-589-words/ 35th Heavy Battery land in France.   35th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery landed at Boulogne.  Are we Down Hearted? 2nd West Surreys leave camp   Battalion left Roberts' Heights with all it's heavy baggage. Married Families were left behind. 2nd Bn Queens West Surrey Regt War Diary Practice manouvres   2nd Battalion - Royal Irish Regiment Wednesday, August 19th, 1914 - Taisnieres Companies at disposal of Company Commanders practice of attack. First payments in the field made to Companies. It takes 2 ½ hours to pay out 5 Francs a man and obtain their signature. The system is an impossible one. The Captain’s signature to the whole payment should suffice. We heard through the ASC that we move to St. Remy and from there do a 24 hour march further forward. Evidently the A.S.C. are as rare a means of giving away information as ever. war diaries Platoon Training for 1st East Lancs   1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment spent the 19th and 20th of August 1914 engaged in Platoon training around Harrow camp. 1st East Lancs war diary WO95/1498/1  On the Move  Cheering  On the Move  Concert  Route March  Reorganisation  Training  Changes in quartering arrangements  Route March  In Billets  In Billets  In Billets  Route March  On the Move  On the Move  On the Move  On the Move  In Billets  Water Storage  5th Div Arrives  Concentration  On the Move  Remained in Ors  On the Move  Outposts 30th Brigade RFA in action   On Sunday the 23rd August the unit came into contact with advancing German Forces approximately one and a half miles from the Belgian town of Mons, where at 3.45pm in the afternoon the 130th battery opened fire leading the 30th Howitzer Brigade into action. Can you add to this factual information? Do you know the whereabouts of a unit on a particular day? Do you have a copy of an official war diary entry? Details of an an incident? The loss of a ship? A letter, postcard, photo or any other interesting snipts? If your information relates only to an individual, eg. enlistment, award of a medal or death, please use this form: Add a story.

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