Aug. 12 France and Great Britain declare war on Austria-Hungary.
Aug. 16 British expeditionary force landed in France.
Aug. 18 Russia invades East Prussia.
Aug. 21-23 Battle of Mons-Charleroi. Dogged retreat of French and British in the face of the German invasion.
Aug. 23 j.a.pan declares war on Germany.
Aug. 23 Tsingtau (Kiaochow) bombarded by j.a.panese.
Aug. 25- Russians overrun Galicia. Lemberg taken (Sept. 2); Dec. 15 Przemysl besieged (Sept. 16 to Oct. 15, and again after Nov. 12). Dec. 4, Russians 3-1/2 miles from Cracow.
Aug. 26 Germans destroy Louvain, in Belgium.
Aug. 26 Allies conquer Togo, in Africa.
Aug. 26-31 Russians defeated in battle of Tannenberg (page 85).
Aug. 28 British naval victory of Helgoland Bight, in North Sea.
Aug. 31 Name of St. Petersburg changed to Petrograd.
Sept. 5 Great Britain, France, and Russia agree not to make peace separately.
Sept. 6-10 First battle of the Marne (page 81).
Sept. 7 Germans take Maubeuge, in northern France.
Sept. 11 Australians take German New Guinea, etc.
Sept. 12-17 Battle of the Aisne.
Sept. 16 Russians driven from East Prussia.
Sept. 22 Three British armored cruisers sunk by a submarine.
Sept. 27 Invasion of German Southwest Africa by Gen. Botha.
Oct. 9 Germans occupy Antwerp, the chief port of Belgium.
Oct. 16-28 Battle of the Yser, in Flanders, Belgium. Belgians and French halt German advance.
Oct. 17- Battle of Flanders, near Ypres, saving Channel ports.
Nov. 15
Oct. 21-28 German armies driven back in Poland.
Oct. 28- De Wet"s rebellion in British South Africa.
Dec. 8
Oct. 29 Turkish war ship bombards Odessa, Russia.
Nov. 1 German naval victory off the coast of Chile.
Nov. 3-5 Russia, France, and Great Britain declare war on Turkey.
Nov. 7 Fall of Tsingtau (Kiaochow) to the j.a.panese and British.
Nov. 10- Austrian invasion of Serbia (page 87).
Dec. 14
Nov. 10 German cruiser "Emden" destroyed in Indian Ocean.
Nov. 21 Basra, on Persian Gulf, occupied by British.
Dec. 8 British naval victory off the Falkland Islands.
Dec. 16 German warships bombard towns on east coast of England.
Dec. 17 Egypt proclaimed a British protectorate, under a sultan.
Dec. 24 First German air raid on England.
1915
Jan. 1- Russians attempt to cross the Carpathians.
Feb. 13
Jan. 24 British naval victory of Dogger Bank, in North Sea.
Jan. 25- Russians again invade East Prussia, but are defeated in Feb. 12 the battle of the Mazurian Lakes.
_Jan. 28 American merchantman "William P. Frye" sunk by German cruiser._
Feb. 4 Germany"s proclamation of "war zone" around the British Isles after February 18.
_Feb. 10 United States note holding German government to a "strict accountability" for destruction of American lives or vessels._
Feb. 10 Anglo-French squadron bombards Dardanelles forts.
Mar. 1 Announcement of British "blockade" of Germany.
Mar. 10 British capture Neuve Chapelle, in northern France.
Mar. 22 Russians capture Przemysl, in Galicia.