The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-01-01
EUROPEAN WAR

! had been made to blow them up with
| bomb.
Juiy "&-.Nustria sent pcremptory note
! t. S"rVia demanding punishment of al
! acromplic"S in murder of ArChdukc Fran
| ci' Ferdinand and suppression of all So
/ Ci"tl"s which had fomcntcd rebellion in
| Bosnia
! July 1.- Troops mobilizcd by Austria
! Ser,,1. Russia and Montenegro. Scrvians
/ moved their capital to Nish.
I i"'y ->-Austria declared war against
! Srrvia
| july ."-Austrians invaded Servin and
/ S.'i.d fri@radc.
/ LuiN "l-NIisry demanded Russian mob
/ iH@lt."u cease and car refused. Martha
/ l.w Hruolaimcd in Germany.
Stock nNChaa""s in nearly all cities Of
/ the world closed.
/ .\u:: i.-Gormany declared war on Rus
( sia and mohiiZ"l its army. Car declared
! martial law ana France issued decree o:
/ mobilization. Italy declared it's neutral
! iiy.
| Aug Herman troops advanced on
/ Franc" through neutral Luxembourg.
Russia began invasion of East Prussia
! and Pos"n.
! Aug. &.-Germans started three armies
/ toward France. through Belgium. violat
/ iuG the neutrality Of that country
French troops crossed German frontier
I in NOS"oS mountains.
| Aug. threat Britain demanded that
| Germany withdraw hor troops from Bel
I cium Germany and England declared
war on. each other and Germany declared
! war on Belgium. France declared war on
! Germany.
United states proclaimed its neutrality
.\uG. @.-Germans repuscd at I.icgc by
R"l"ianS.
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener made
British secretary of state for war.
President Wilson offered the services of
th" United States as mediator
Aug. 6.-Austria Hungary declared war
on Russia.
British cruiser Amphion sunk by Ger
man mine.
Aug. 7.-Germans entered Licge
Aug S.-Twenty thousand English troops
landed on French coast French invaded
Alsacc- Lorraine and captured Altkirch
and Mnnhlhamsen
Italy reafirmed it's neutrality
Aug 10.-Erance broke off diplomatic
relations with Austria Hungary
Aug. 11.--French driven out of Ccrnay
and Muclhausen.
Aug. 12.-Gcrmans occupied Hasselt
Tongrcs and st. Trond Belgium. France
ana England declared war on Austria
Aug. lJ-Japan issued ultimatum to Ger
many demanding withdrawal of German
warShtps from the Orient and evacuation
Of kiauchau.
Aug 17-Rclgian seat of government
was transferred from Brussels to Ant
wcrp.
beginning Of five days battle in Lor-
rain", ending in repulse OF French across
frontier with heavy loss. beginning Of
fiv" days battle between Servians and
Austrians on the Jadar, ending in Aus
trian rout
Aug 1o.-Frussels occupied by the Ger
mans. the allies retiring to Antwerp.
Scrvians defeated $4,000 Austrians at
ShabatS. forty miles west of Belgrade
Aug. o.--'rcnch recapturcd Muelhausen
loo. 49,,
Aug. 2l.-G"rmanS began bomhardment
of Namur forts and levied war tax of
$4,000, COO on Brussels and $1O,OOO.OOO on
T.icge
Aug 22.-Gcrrnans occupied Ghcnt and
Bru&"s.
Aug. % Japan declared war on Ger
many.
Iun"villo. France. occupied by the Ger
mans
Russians drove back the Germans from
the eastern frontier
Aug. 9i-Thc allied armies along the
line from Mons to the MoseIle defeated
and driven back by the Germans
Germans captured Namur drove the
French out of Alsace and advanced from
Lorraine into France
japanese warShips began bombardment
of Using Tao. fortified seaport of Kiau-
chau.
Aug 25.-Nusra declared war on ia
pan.
Germans levied war tax OF $4,000. 600
on thn .Rn,,i,r pro,,irco of proh,rH,
Aug. 2G.-Fr"nch cabinet resigned and
new cabinet formed nv premier viyi.ni
Russians took Marienhurg German is-
land of YaD near Guam seized nv lana
nese. Austrian Defeated Russians IN Gait
clan frontier. Louyain sacked and burned
bv Germans
Aug. 2G-British cruiser Iighhyer de-
stroycd German armed merchant cruiser
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse off west coast
of Africa
Aug 2S.-Rritish fleet sunk five German