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Frontlines near Ypres

French counterattack towards Messines on November 2, before fighting died down in the immediate area.

The Battles of La Bassee, Armentiers, and Messines all fizzled out November 2 inconclusively as each side directed its focus towards Ypres. German attacks were blunted, and French counter-attacks merely regained land recently loss. The United Kingdom, in an attempt to starve the Germans of goods, has declared the entire North Sea a military area, creating a de facto blockade.

The following day, Montenegro declared war on the Ottoman Empire (following Russia, who did the same the day after its invasion). In East Africa, the German colonial troops ambushed a British and Indian force near Mt Kilimanjaro. Nearby Tanga, defended by the Germans, was assaulted by a British force eight times its size. Despite a series of miscommunication by the Germans, and aided by a swarm of angry bees, the British were forces to withdraw two days later.

November 5 saw France and England officially declare war on the Ottomans, while the Turks suffered another setback as Bergmann, Russian commander of the Caucasus Army, reached his objectives but continued his assault. In Serbia, the Austrians have launched an attack towards the Kolubara River and Cer Mountain.

German marines in the frontline trenches at Tsingtao

Askaris (German colonials) skirmishing, possibly near Tanga

Britain, fearful of attacks upon its Persian Gulf oil facilities, landed forces near the fortress of Fao to capture the Ottoman coast, on November 6. The infantry was forces to dig in and await artillery. Two days later, the artillery breached the fortress walls and the infantry charged in and overwhelmed the defenders in hand to hand fighting. 300 Ottomans were taken captive, and the British are landing the remained of the troops at the captured port.

In the Pacific, the German city of Tsingtao in China was captured by Allied and Japanese troops on November 7. Under blockade since the end of August, it had been under siege for the last week.