The first reports of aeroplanes dropping bombs on troops in Belgium appeared that day in the press.
Three bombs in all falling, wounding five men , one of the victims reported the Times had the lower part of both legs horribly mangled blood and bits of clothing being scattered in all directions
In Manchester the recruiting boom continued, two new depots were opened one in Salford and one on Ashton New Road. Over six hundred men were being processed in a day with one hundred and fifty being accepted that day into the army.
The Evening News pictured the Territorials, still waiting for orders to move, in Platt Field park, watering their horses using boats from the lake and the arrival of ammunition under armed escort.
From the front line in Belgium, a lull in the fighting was reported while the Press Bureau warned the public against “placing the slightest reliance on the many rumors that are current daily regarding alleged victories or defeats and the arrival of wounded men or disabled ships in the country”
The war may be long very long wrote the military correspondent of the Times , we are fighting a nation in arms of 70million people
