DIARY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2531, 4 August 1915, Page 7

DIARY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE WAR

Julie 28—Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo. July 28—Austria-Hungary declares'war oil Servia. July 31—Russia orders general mobilisation. ' August I—Germany declares war on Russia —Luxemburg invaded by German troops. - , [Vuglist 2—German invasion of Belgium begun. August 3—Mobilisation, of British Navy completed.—Germany declares war on France. • ' August 4—Britain sends ultimatum demanding observance of Belgian neutrality.—Germany rejects ultimatum.—Britain declares war at 11 p.m., Greenwich time.August 12 —Britain and France declare war upon Austria-Hungary. August 7—Germans enter Liege—French invade Southern Alsace. August S—ltaly reaffirms neutrality. August 15—Austrians enter Scrvia — Japan sends ultimatum to Germany. August 17 —British expeditionary forces complete their landing in France — Beginning of five days' battle betweeu Servians and Austrians on the Jadar, ending in Austrian rout. August ,20—Germans enter Brussels. August 23—Germans enter Namur and begin attack on Mons —Japan, declares war on Germany. August 21—British begin retreat from Mons. ' -. August 27—Louvain .burned by the Germans—Japanese blockade Tsiugtau. August 28 —Naval battle off Heligoland. August 29—Russiaus defeated by the Germans in three days' battle near Tannenberg (East Prussia). September 2 —French Government goes to Bordeaux. September 3—Russians occupy Lemberg. September s—Battle of the Marne begins—Germans beaten—Disorderly retreat. September 12—German retreat halts on the Aisne. September 22—German submarine sinks British cruisers Aboukir, Cressy, and Hogue—Russians capture Jaroslav and invest Przcmysl. September 26—British troops from India land at Marseilles. October 2—Germans defeated by the Russians at Augustowo (East Prussian front). October 9—Antworp occupied by. the Germans. October 12—A Boer commando in the Cape Province mutinies. October 13—Belgian Government transferred from Ostend to Havre. October 14—Allies occupy Ypres—Battle begins on tho Vistula. October 15—Ostend occupied by the Germans. October 24—Ton days' battle before Warsaw ends in German defeat. October 27 —South African' ' sedition spreads—De Wet in revolt. October 29—Turkey begins war.on Riisua. ' ' i

November I—German naval victory off tho coast of Chile (Battle •of Coronel). November 3—German squadron raids British East Coast near Yarmouth. November s—England and Franco declare war on Turkey—Dardanelles forts bombarded. November 6—Tsing-tau surrenders. November 10 —German cruiser Emdett destroyed by Australian, cruiser Sydney. November 16 —A Holy War against the Allies proclaimed. November 19—House of Commons votea a new army of 1,000,000 men. November 26—British battleship Bulwark destroyed by explosion in the Modway River—Germans break through Russian circle near Lodz. December 2—Austrians occupy Belgrade (Servian capital)—De Wet captured. December 3—Servians turn on Austrians . in three, days' battle which ends in a notable Servian victory. December G—Germans occupy Lodz. December B—British naval victory off Falkland Islands—British occupy; Bussorah, in Asia Minor. December 13—British submarine sinks Turkish cruiser Messudieh iu Dardanelles. December 15—Austrians evacuate Belgrade. December 16—German cruisers bombard Scarborough and Hartlepool. December 18 —Egypt proclaimed a British protectorato. December 25—British naval and aerial raid against Cuxhaven. January 1, . 191o—British battleship Formidable sink in the Channel. January 3—French- advance across Aisne north of Soissons. January 14—French driven back acrosa Aisne River, cast of Soissons, after a week's battle. January 19—German air fleet bombards Yarmouth and other Norfolk coast towns. January 24—Naval battle .in North Sea, German armoarcd cruiser Blucher sunk. January 30-31—German submarine piracy—first illegal act. February 6—Failure of German attacks west of Warsaw. February B—Beginning of battle in East Prussia, ending iu Russian defeat. February 18 —German 'submarine "blockade" of Great Britain begins. March 10—German armed liner Prinz Eitel Fredrich takes refuge in Newport News—British victory at Neuvo Chapello. March 14—German cruiser Dresden sunk near Juan Fernandez. JJarch 18—Three Allied battleships sunk in heavy bombardment of Dardanelles. March 22—Surrender of Przemysl. , 'March 26—Notorious. German submarine U 29, with Commander (Wediggen,, sunk. March 28—^German submarine _ sinks passenger eteamer Falaba. with loss

March 31—Russians penetrate Dukla, Pass and enter Hungary. April 9—Fronch victory at Les Eparges. April 17—British victory, at Hill 60. April 25—Allied- forces landed on both sliores of Dardanelles; New Zealand- , ers and Australians m action. April 30—American oil-tank steamer GulflightV torpedoed off Scilly Is- ' ■ lands." ■ M °y l-S-rAnstro-Qermans breakthrough Russian line in West Galicia and ■ fpre© a, retreat. May'4—Triple Alliance treaty denounced by Italy. Ma X s—British lose Hill 60 near Ypres; • . poison clouds used by, the Germans. 6—Russians begiii retreat from : Carpathian passes. ■May 7—Cunard liner Lusitania, sunk hy German submarine,'withiloss "of nearly 1200 lives. '' * May 13—-President ..sends Lusitania -protest.'to Germany!; May 19—Mr." Asqiiitli arnounces reor- .: ganisation of Cabinet. Slay 23 —Italy declares war upon Aus- . tria. ■. 'May 25—Italian army moves against Trieste and Trent; British battleship Triumph torpedoed in Dardanelles. (May 27—British- battleship Majestic torpedoed off Gallipoli Peninsula. ■ iMay 30—German reply to American . ; Note on, Lusitania received'. June 3—Austro-Germans occupy Przemysl. - ''■ • Jimo 4—Russian naval success, off Gulf of Riga. : . 1 'June. 7—Mr. Bryan, United States Secretary of. State, 'resigns. Juno 11—America's 'seoond Lusitania . Note to Germany. : ' .■■■■■ ' June T3—General Maclrenseii breaks Russian line east of Przeniysl. June 22—Austrians enter Lemberg; De ■Wet sentenced to sis years for high treason. •.. June 23—Russians drive back Germans across Dniester; Mr.': Lloyd George outlines scheme of munitions organisation: •• , .. • Juno-24—French offensive towards Lille . iu progress; Advance in the Yosges: Mr. Lloyd George's Munitions Bill introduced. ' " Tune ,28—Britisli. submarine at Constan-. tinople; great panic; British victory in Gallipoli. - , . 1 - July I—Rus?ians. in : retreat from Galicia'; (Crown.,. Prince .attacks the .. . French, in tho Argonne. _' v July 2—Bcitish Munitions Bill passed. July 3—Russian naval victory in the Baltic; Crown Prince's attack on the French'fails. r 'July B—Heavy Russian, rearguard action during retreat; blow on German flank. ,■ ' "', ' July 9—ltalian.cruiser torpedoed. July 10—Botha conquers' German' South' ■ West Africa'' heavy'.''slaughter of Turks at Gallipoli. .■ ' July 11—Italians capture German sub- . marine. , July 13 —German Note to.. America causes angry outburst. July • 13—Heavy attack by Crown Prince;.' French line bent back; Welsli coal strike. ' ' 1 ; 'July 16—German attack on • .Warsaw develops, v- • . -.. . 'July 18-rßussians retreating to the , Yistnla-Bug; line. ?■ ■~; • July 20—Italian battleship torpedoed; battle''on the Vistula ; Welsh, coal ' strike settled. ■ July 24—America warns Germany; practically an ultimatum. July 25—Warsaw'• in peril ; Russians . still in retreat. . 'July '26—German submarine captured. ' July 27—Brutal German submarine raid oil; trawling fleet; check to German offensive in Poland.. July ' 29- L -Russian .crisis; imminent evacuation of Warsaw. July 30—Successful development of italian, '.offensive; -great.. 'Austrian losses;' Russians .prepare^ '.to evacuate Warsaw. , 1 'August !—Warsaw still safe;, desperate fighting ; Germans use flame projec- . ,tors in attack on the British in Flanders. "