Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-08-14
THE WAR DAY BY DAY

Aug. 4.-England declares war
against aI Germany and VII Will protect S
Ing an expeditionary force into Bel
GUM. German Liner Ceciiie arrives in
ish cruisers, Gear calls his people to
arm. Sixteen nations under arms. rep
6eS Of whom IN BSp are the
side of the Austro- German forces and
4O.O0O.0OO of these are Slavs out of
sympathy with Germany.
Aug. 5;-Germany sent ultimatum to
killed and Wounded when repuised by
Belgians at Liege. Field Marshal
Kitchener appointed war secretary IN
Beigians in opposing progress of Ger
many through Belgium. President VIII
European nations at war. At ST. Pc
tersburG and Berlin the German and
Russian embassies were attacked by
German steamers by the British is re E
ported and the British cruiser Amphion
mas sunk the Hamburg American line
steamer KoeniEen Louise. recently con-
verted into a mine-layer. Russian IRON
tier patrols have penetrated ten miles
Aug. s.-British cruiser AmphIon
loss of over. 100 men. Emperor Will
liam calls all Germans capable of bear ar
nS aas sG snd fs wIffs fsh
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 s5oo.o0O.O0o and
an army increase of 100000 men. Rus
sian cavalry cndeavor ing to enter East
Prussia driven back by &c, German ,i., from, IN.
says the Russian cruiser Askoi and the
German cruiser Emden. in an engage
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
way of London in the form of official
out against the attacks of the Germans
army, Of the Meuse: The Germans man.
ssa sss dead wnsR Mns dsned to Th
German casualties reported at 25,Ooo.
German diplomats try to win Italy.
Churchill denied that there had been
an engagement between the German
and mr5sh fleets in hs North has
Montenegro considers itself in a state
of war with Austria. The Austrian
minister has left Cettinje.
Aug. s.-Germans smash Liege de-
troopers fight at close range. tram
bitches. Rain browns wounded. Four
British ships reported sunk and thir-
tN-lOur steamships captured Dy bel
gians at Antwerp. Twenty thousand
British troops land to helm Belgium.
Italy refuses to break her promise of
neutrality over 5000 American tour
lists board steamers for United States.
French defeat Germans in Alsacc. Aus
tria refused aid to German ships.
Aug. 9.-Confirmation of the reports
that LieCe 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 We're 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. Gcrnans plan
cremation of men who fell Forty-f five
thousand fall in battles as French take
Alsace. Emperor William takes per
sonal charge of his nrmv First biE
battle of German and French armies
expected between Aug. 12 and Is.