The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-08-13
THE WAR DAY BY DAY|

Aug. 4.-England declares war
against Germany and viii protect
ing an expeditionary force into Bel
GUM. German Liner Cecilie arrives in
Bar Harbor. Maine. In flight from Brit
ish cruisers. Gar calls his people to
arm. Sixteen nations under arms, rep
resenting, in population over 100000
600 of whom but 116.0Oo.OOO are on the
side of the Austro- German forces and
4O.o00.000 OF these are Slavs out of
sympathy with Germany.
Aug. 5.-Germany sent ultimatum to
Italy; Thousands of Germans reported
Eelgians at Liege. Field Marshal
Kitchener appointed war, secretary In
British Cabinet. French troops. join
Belgians in opposing progress OF Ger
many through Belgium. President Will
son proffer3d services mediator to
sersbnrg and Berlin the German and
Russian embassies were attacked by
mobs. The CAPTURE Of ,u number OF
ported and the British cruise. Amphion
has sunk the Hamburg American line
verted into a mine-layer. Russian from
tier patrols have penetrated ten miles
into Germany.
Aug. 6-British cruiser Amphion
sunk by contact with mine. with
iam Hss ca Calls ev all Germans tSu capable OF bear
ing arms to fight. Upward of 100000
Germans and Belgians fight around
woanded. wound % Austria Hungary declares
war on Russia. and Russian ambassa-
dor at Vienna given hi. pa,sssports;
an army increase of 100000 men Rus
sian cavalry endeavoring to enter East
Prussia driven back by German from
tier guards. Tien-Tsin dispatch
says the Russian cruiser Askoi and the
ment off wei-Hai-Wei. were both
sunk
Aug. THE siege of Liege is the
outstanding feature of the European
war. The latest advices. received by
dispatches. say that Liege still holds
out against the attacks of the Germans
asked & noas &c MsDss Tfs to Sars
their dead. which was denied. The
German casualties reported at $4,000.
Githoas aps%ss' W Winston @ wa spenesr as
Churchill denied that there had been
and RsS se, !. the The NoraS ssa
The Montenegrin government has In
formed the Austrian MINISTER that
OF war with Austria. The Austrian
minister has left Cettinje.
Aug s.-.Germans smash Licsc de-
Thousands Killed and Wounded as
pling bodies of slain comrades in the
ditches. Rain browns wounded. Four
British ships reported sunk and thir-
tyfour steamships captured by Bel
CLANS at Antwerp. Twenty thousand
British troops land to hel, Belgium
Italy refuses to break her promise of
neutrality. Over 5000 American tour
lists board steamers for United States.
French defeat Germans In Alsace. Aus
tria refused aid to German ships.
Aug. s.-Confirmation of the reports
that Liege had been taken by the
Germans apparently was given by dis
patches received from Berlin Saturday.
although advices coming from Belgian.
French and British sources maintained
that the forts there still were in the
hands of King Alberts men. 1t was
asserted in these dispatches that al
though the city was invested. there
has been no serious occupation of the
town by the Germans" An official dis
patch issued by the Belgian general
staff said the advanced German troops
were being pushed back. and that the
German offensive movement had
ceased. Turkish troops concentrating
on Bulgarian territory. Cholera said
to have broken out among Austrian
and Servian troops. Germans plan
cremation of men who fell. Forty-fivc
thousand fall In battles as French take
Alsace. Emperor william takes per =.
sonal charge of his army. First big
battle of German and French armies
expected between Aug i2 and Is.