Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-08-28
THE WAR DAY BY DAY

Aug. 23.-Japanese Ambassador Chin
da notified U. S. that a formal declara-
ton of war against Germany had been
issued Great Britain and FranSe Fran Seo %ii1 1na
to Belgium. Great demonstrations at
Toxic were held in the streets. follow
ls war Sn aha
sador at Berlin asked to take over af-
Cattle Sd sioeE hs
frontier. the German army extending
from Mons to LuNemburg. and the
At Shanghai it was stated the Milxa-
dos fleet was on the way to TsinH-T Tau
ported at Rome that several Austrian
attic. Steamer Naterland leaves Rotter-
dam with 5000 Americans caught in
Germany when war broke out
Aug. 22.-K al ser ignores Japan's
ultimatum. Envoy quits Berlin post.
A London dispatch says Germany cap
tured Client. Bruges and Ostend. and
that Charleroi is crumbling before the
German fire. French forces reported at
Lille and Verdun to protect frontier.
NamTr small Saarison Is Sish diss
patch says the Servians killed and
wounded 10000 Austrians in the battle
| prisoners. English and German forces
clash at Waterloo.
Aug. 21.-Germans lombard Ma
and ruin in Belgian fortress Germans
occupy Brussels. Serbs rout 15o.O9O
Austrian soldiers after four-day battle
near Losnitza. French win clash along
the Swiss frontier. and then turn south.
sition on ultimatum to Germany. hold
ing Toxic ruler to pledges. War tax
Of s.SG9ooo9 leSisd SSa oaa on Brussels and nd
Germans on province of Liege.
Aug. 20-Germans occupy Brussels
as the Kaiser's army marches on Ant
werp. French claim series of sue
cesses over Germans in Alsace. Ger :
mans whip Belgians at Aerschot. after
hundreds are lost in allies ranks. Rus
sia and Austria struggling in evenly
matched contest on the frontier. Kali
ser says he will fight Japan TO last
Japanese ultimatum to Germany eN.
planned in official message to United
States. United States charters nine
steamers to bring Americans home
Aug. 19.-German battle line sweep
ing toward French frontier. Formula
BILE Liege forts have fallen. is report.
Belgian capital the stepping. stone to
Paris, trembles before Kaiser's victori-
Gus march. Fighting in progress all
along the entire front Japan's embas-
' sy in Berlin under guard as war or
der seems near. French drag cannon
to strassburg doors, expected to prove
"Liege of the South" Along the Ser
crosses. 5000 Austrians fall in battle.
Aug. 1s.-Germany reported to have
demolished the Liege forts ard gen
the opening of greatest battle in
worlds history. with the fighting line
zee miles I'll long. sTitisn ss, land 10000 90 .
says the execution by French artillery
has been frightfuL German crown
Chapelle. Wilson's plea for neutrality
arouses Americans to critical status of
nation. Fifteen thousand Austrians re-
ported killed near Sabac.
Aug; 17-state of siege proclaimed
in Bulgaria French lose heavily in
border. Belgian capital moved TO Ant
werp, fearing capture. London astound-
French continue advance into Alsace !,
Lorraine. Gar promises Jews equal
political rights with other citizens
-Four Austrian warShips destroyed by
French in Adriatic Sea. Turkey ad-
vances toward Greek border. Japan
be protected. President Wilson's offer
of mediation acknowledged by Kaiser.
Italian troops mobilize along Austrian
frontier.
The Germans declare the Cossacks
were shattered and routed in great
disorder and that 5000 of them and
eight guns were captured.
An official statement from the
French war office says:
"The fort which commands the rail-
road to Aix-la-Chapelle by Verviers
and the tunnel to Chaudefontaine, was
subjected to continuous and extreme
ly violent bombardment. When it was
reduced to a mere heap of ruins, and
Major Nameche. the commanding Off
Ger, judged that further resistance was
impossible, he blocked up the tunnel
by running several locomotives into
each other, and set fire to the fuses
leading to the mines surrounding the
fort. His mission then accomplished,
Major Nameche determined that the
German flag should not fly over even
the ruins of his fort, blew up the pow
der magazine and perished."