DIARY OF THE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 51, 16 October 1914, Page 6

DIARY OF THE WAR.

August 19.—Russians repelled Germans in Prussia and Austrians in * Galicia. August 20.—Germans captured Diest and Tirlemont. Two disabled German cruisers taken in to Hong-Kong. Germans rejected Japan's ultimatum. Russians occupied Gumbinnen in Prussia, and repulsed Austrians near Satanoff. Austria offered Roumania and Bulgaria territory if tiny would assist her. August 21.—Brussels occupied hy 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 Servians near Loznitza. French retook Mulhausen. Japan declared war on Germany. 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 victmy Drina. .

26.—Full force of German - tack 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 y

Louvain. Russians investing Prus-

sian 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 Russians. September 6.—Russian successes tn the eastern frontier. Take 70,000 prisoners. September 9.—Allies succeed in checking the advance of the German army. September 11 and 12.—German retiromont 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 16.—Heavy fighting at Soissons. German armies concentrating in France. Sympathetic demonstrations in Italy in favor of the Allies Colossal Austrian losses.

September 17.—Further lighting ill France. The enemy give way slightly. Germany hastening troops to meet the Russian invasion. Russian armies converging on Przemysl. Ono army only 19 miles away. September 21.—Destruction of five British merchantmen by Gorman cruiser. Fierce fighting still going on in France. Russian warships reported damaged. Montenegrins advance on Serajevo. Russians bombard tiro; '•• "and commence operations at Przec