The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13
THE war DAY BY DAY

Aug. 5.-Germany sent ultimatum to
Italy Thousands Of Germans reported
Belgians at Liexe. Field Marshal
Kitchener appointed war secretary in
British Cabinet. French troops Join
Belgians in opposing progress OF Ger
many through Belgium. President WILL
son proffer cd services as mediator to
European nations at vAs At st Pc
tsrsburg and Berlin tfn ierrau and
mobs The capture of number OF
German steamers by the British is re.
ported and the British cruiser Amphion
steamer koenigen Louise. reosntly con
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
loss of over 100 men. Emperor Will
liam calls all Germans capable of bear
Germans and Belgians fight around
Liege, Thousands reported killed and
wounded: Austria Hungary declares
war on Russia. and Russian ambassa-
dor at Vienna given his passports.
British Prime Minister gets additional
war appropriation of $500. 100000 and
an army increase of 500, 900 men Rus
sian cavalry endeavoring to enter East
Prussia driven back by German from
tier guards. A TienTsin dispatch
says the Russian cruiser Askol and the
German cruiser Emden. In an engage
ment off Wei-Hai-Wei. were both
sunk.
Aug. The siege Of Lisge is the
h dvses E ne
way of London in the form of official
dispatches say that Liege stu holds
out against the attacks attack, Of rt the Germans
asked for 24-hour armistice to bury
German casualties reported at $4,000.
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Churchill denied that there had been
an engagement between the German
The Montenegrin government has In
formed the Austrian minister that
Montenegro considers itself in. state
minister has M left cettin3e. "s austrian
Aug. s.-.Germans smash Liege de-
Tbo. fsnsss n5 and GitK falls in night attack
ping bodies Of slain oss eomradss rsdss in 1 the
bitches. Rain browns wounded. Four
British ships reported sunk and thir-
ty,four ty.n. steamship. CAPTURED BY Bel;
British troops land to heln Belgium
neutrality, Over 5000 American tour
French defeat Germans in Alsace. Aus
tria refused aid to German ships.
Aug. s.-Confirmation Of the reports
Germans apparently was given by dis
patches received from Berlin Saturday.
although advices coming from Belgian
that the forts there still were in the
hands of King Alberts men. II was
asserted in these dispatches that al
though the city was invested. there
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town by the Germans" An official dis
patch issued by, the Belgian general
staff said said the advanced German troops
ceased: Turkish troops concentrating
on Bulgafian territory. Cholera said
cremation Of men who fell. Forty-five
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. IL and IS.
Aug. 10.,-France breaks with Aus
trians; diplomats leave capital and ALI
Germans and Austrians must declare
themselves or be arrested as spies
French government forbids publication
of casualty list. More than 1000 Ger
mans reported arrested as spies and
100 shot The German minister, Baron
Won Griesinger has left Nish. Servia.
after entrusting the affairs of the
German legation to the American min
lister. Charles J. Vopicka. The Japan
ese government has reQuisitioncd sev-
eral additional transports 1t is re-
ported that cholera has broken out
among both the Austrian and Servian
troops. The French are advancing in
Alsace but against what opposition is
not known. The Germans occupy the
city of I.iege while the Belgian troops
still hold the forts. The Austrians be-
fore Servia are still bombarding Bel
grade. while part of the Servian army