DIARY OF THE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 13, 2 September 1914, Page 6

DIARY OF THE WAR.

June 29 Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife. July 10—Austria requests Servia to discover and punish organisers of the assassination plot and to prevent future agitation in Bosnia f or Servia. July 24—Austrian Army Corps got ready. Germany states ane will hold' aloof unless other powers intervene. July 25—Austria declares war. July 30—Austria declares war on Servia.

July 31 —British fleet sails from Portland. Belgrade bombarded. Russian mobilisation reported. August I—Germanyl—Germany demands explanation of Russian mobilisation. London Stock Exchange closed. August 2—Germany declares war on Russia. Bank of England discount rate, 10 per cent. Belgian mobilisation. Swiss mobilisation. Italy declares neutrality. August 3—French mobilisation. August 4—Britain’s warning to Germany. German advance on Liege begun. August s—German ultimatum to Belgium to facilitate the movement of her troops. August o—Vfar between Britain and Germany breaks out. Vice-Ad-miral Jellicoe commands British Fleet. Germany declares war on Franco. Belgium invaded. August 7—Konigin Luise sunk in the Thames. Sir lan Hamilton commands British Army. August B—Lord8 —Lord Kitchener appointed to control British Army administration. British bank rate, 6 per cent. British third-class cruiser struck a mine off tlje Thames and was sunk; 130 lives lost. August 9—German onslaught on

Liege. August 10—-British bank rate, 5 pei cent. August 11—German submarine U 15 sunk by British cruiser Birmingham.

August 12—War between France and Austria and Gi’eat Britain and Austria declared. August 14—Admiralty' secures trade routes. First New Zealand Contingent leaves. August 15—Russia’s concentration on the Galician frontier completed. August 17—Japan delivers ultimatum to Gertoany.