DIARY OF THE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 30, 22 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 *or Servia. July 24—Austrian Army Corps get ready. Germany states tme 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—Frencn 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 6—War between Britain and Germany breaks out. Vice-Ad-miral Jellicoe commands British Fleet. Germany declares war on France. Belgium invaded. August 7—Konigin Luise sunk in the Thames. Sir lan Hamilton commands British Army. August B—Lord Kitchener appointed; to control British Army administration. British bank rate, 6 per cent. British third-class cruiser struck a mine off the Thames and was sunk; 130 lives lost. August 9—German onslaught on Liege. '''^ffi?! August 10—British bank rate, 5 per cent. August 11—Gorman submarine U 15 sunk by Britfsn cruiser Birmingham. August 12—War between France and Austria and Great 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 Germany. August 18.—French mobilisation completed. Servians defeated Austrian army at Shabatz. British troops landed in France. August 19.—Russians repelled Germans in Prussia and Austrians in Galicia. August 20.—Germans captured Diest and Tirlemont. Two disabled Gorman cruisers taken into Hong-Kong. Germans rejected Japan's ultimatum. Russians occupied Gumbinnen in Prussia, and repulsed Austrians near Satanoff. Austria offered Roumania and Bulgaria territory if they would assist her. August 21.—Brussels occupied by Germans. French advanced into Lorraine. August 22.—Bitter conflict in Alsace. Austrian battleship sunk in the Adriatic. August 23.—Battle in Belgium. Austrians defeated by SorvmriK near Loznitza. French retook Mulhausen. Japan declared war o:i German^

August 24.—Germans advanced on Lille. Russians now 37 miles in Germany. Russians defeated Germans in battle at Gumbinnen. August 25.—Report of British success in battle at Mons; Germans driven back. Desperate battle still raging. Fall of Namur. Servians scored brilliant victory at Drina. August 26.—Fu1l force of German attack delivered along Sambre River from Mons to Charleroi. Russians drove the Germans further westward. August 27.—Battle of Sambre continued. Over two thousand British casualties. Russians advance in East Prussia. Reported destruction of Austrian forts at Cattaro. August 28.—Further fighting round Mons. British bear brunt of six attacks. Battle opens between Douai and Maubeuge. Prolonged fighting'in Lorraine. August 29.—Residents of East Prussia fleeing towards Berlin before Russian advance. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sunk. Vessels sunk by mines in the North Sea. Austrian losses in the Balkans. British marines protect Ostend. August 31.—Naval engagement off Heligoland. German ships sunk. Uhlans near Amiens. Indian troops en route to France. Germans fire Louvain. Russians investing Prussian fortresses. September I.—German Samoa surrenders to the British Navy, and is occupied by the New Zealand First Expeditionary Force. Hot fighting in the Meuse Valley. British losses at Mons estimated between five and six thousand. Citizens of Louvain butchered by the Germans. General battle in South Poland. September- 2.—German retreat on Allies' right. Brussels ransom of £8,000,000 guaranteed by millionaires. Russian advance in Galicia. September 3.—German advance on Paris. Fighting all the way. Great defeat of Austrians by Russian's. September 6.—Russian successes en the eastern frontier. Take 70,000 prisoners. September 9.—Allies succeed in checking the advance of the German army. September- 11' and 12.—German retirement all along the line in France continued. Renewed Russian successes on the eastern frontier. September 13.—Retreat of German forces in France and Belgium developing into a rout. Renewed Russian successes in the German eastern frontier on a large scale. September 15.—General Von Kluck and his army, estimated at 14,000 or 25,000 surrenders. Crown Prince and his army in a tight corner.