The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
EUROPEAN WAR
 FROM DAY TO DAY

servian movement. July 25-servia refuses. July 26-Servian government evacu- ates Belgrade and retIres to Nish. July 2S--Austria declares war on Ser via and moves troops to Seryian troops. Russia refuses. July 29-Russia calls out reserves. July SO-German Kaiser demands that Russia stop mobilizing. July S1-Austria 6ombardes Belgrade Aug. 1-Germany declares war on Rus sia. Italy proclaims it's neutrality. Aug. 2- Germany seizes Luxemburg and invades Belgium, In violation of Treaty of London. Aug,>S - England protests. Germans invade Holland. Aug. 4-Germany declares war on France and Belgium. French fleet destroys German cruiser. England and Germany declare war. Aug. 5-Germans attack Liege and are repulsed by Belgians. Aug. 6-Germany orders Italy to join her and Austria in the war Bel gians fortify Namur. Aug. French move toward Liege. Italy reafiirms neutrality Aug. S-English land troops in France. 1 Germans take city of Liege. Por- tugal joins English against Ger. many. French invade Alsace. Aug. 9-Austrian ships Lombard Mon- tenegrin port. Aug. 10-France declares war on Au- stria. Montenegrlns occupy Scutari, Albania.
 Aug 11-Germans force back French army in Alsace. Holland orders Ger many to evacute her territory. Aug 12-German armies advance in Belgium. England declares war on Austrla-Hungary. Aug 1S-Belgians win battle of Hae. len. German armies press allied forces. Austrian ambassador leaves l Italy.
 Chronology of The War. Aug. IA - Belgian foreign minister asks for intervention of the neutral powers to prevent Germans from abusing the white flag, killing civi Hans, torturlng the wounded and seizing private funds.
 German armies retreat before Rus
 sian advance on eastern frontier France officially declares war on
 Austria.
 Great Britain declares war on Aus.
 tria.
 Bulgaria proclaims her neutrality. Japan agrees to aid British fleet in
 attack on German possessions in
 China. Allies victorious near Tlrlemont
 Germans withdraw leaving dead
 and wounded on field.
 General Joffre takes command of
 French army.
 General French takes command of
 English army. Aug. 15-French take the Saale Pass which commands the valley of the river Bruche, in the Vosges noun, tains.
 Russian armies continue to flood
 into the German frontier. Fourth Austrian infantry and First
 Austrian cavalry annihilated by
 Russians on Dneister river. Aug. 16-Tokyo sends ultimatum to German government.
 French sink two Austrian ironclads
 in Adriatic. ! Belgians victorious over Germans at
 Diest
 Aug. 17-Belgium spurns peace over lures and refuses to consider any negotiations for peace until German army is withdrawn.
 Servian armies rout Austrian forces
 attempting to invade Servia by
 way of Sabac. Fifteen thousand
 Austrians annihilated. French pressing through the vosges
 in an effort to force Germans back
 to Rhine
 Aug. 1S.-Germans abandon Saarsburg. Japan asks United States to take
 charge of their Embassy at Der
 lin in case of emergency. Japan's ultimatum reaches Germany. Aug. 19-Pope Plus x dies at Rome. Germans reject Japan's ultimatum. Russians capture Prussian Gumbin- nen.
 Germans capture Tirlemont. Aug. 20 = Germans capture Brussels and Diest.
 Catholics ask for truce during the meeting of the College of Cardln. als to elect new Pope. Aug. 21-Germans victorious near Metz.
 Austrian warshlp zrinyi blown up while bombarding Andivari, Mon- tenegro.
 England issues call for all of her reserves who are in the United States.
 Reported that Germans have taken forts at Liege. Aug. 22-zeppelin airship flying near strassburg destroyed by French shells. Japan declares war on Germany. Japan begins war in Orient by bom. barding forts at Tsing-tao in Kiaochou. Aug. 2S-Germans move across LOT. raine frontier and advance into Luxembourg.
 FrensS defeated at Neufchateau. Allies advance Belgium s1OO,OOO, ,OOO to aid in prosecution of war again st Germany. Aug. 24-Namur falls into hands of Germans.