The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-01-02
THE WAR Of 1914

his morganatic wife, the duchess o.
Hohenberg, shot and killed by stu
!. dent in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia
after futile attempt had been made
to blow them up with a bomb.
j. July 23.-Austria sent peremptor,
note to Servia demanding punishment
of all accomplices in murder Of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand and suppress
sion of all societies which had foment
ed rebellion in Bosnia.
July 26.-Troops modified by Aus
tria, Servia, Russia and Montenegro
Servians moved their capital to Nish.
July 28.-Austria declared wal
against Servia.
July 29.-Austrians invaded Servis
and shelled Belgrade.
July 31.-Kaiser demanded Russian
mobilization cease and car refused
Martial law proclaimed in Germany.
Stock exchanges in nearly all cities
of the world closed.
Aug. Germany declared war on
Russia and modified it's army. Gear
declared martial law and France is
sued decree of mobilization. Italy de.
clared its neutrality.
Aug. German troops advanced on
France through neutral Luxembourg.
Russia began invasion of East Prus.
STA and POsen,
Aug. 3-Germans started three ar.
mics toward Frence, through Belgium,
violating the neutrality of that coun.
try.
French troops crossed German from
tier in Vosges mountains.
Aug. 4. Great Britain demanded
that Germany withdraw her troops
from Belgium. Germany and England
declared war on each other and Ger
many declared war on Belgium. France
'declared war on Germany.
United States proclaimed its neu-
trality.
Aug. 5.-Germans repulsed at Liege
by Belgians.
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener made
British secretary of state for war;
President Wilson offered the serv-
ices of the United States as mediator.
Aug. 6.-Austria- Hungary declared
war on Russia.
British cruiser Amphion sunk by
German mine.
Aug. 7.-Germans entered Liege.
Aug. 8.-Twenty thousand English
troops landed on French coast. French
invaded Alsace-Lorraine and captured
Altkirch and Muehlhausen.
Italy reaffirmed its neutrality.
Aug. 10.-France broke off diplomatic
relations with Austria-Hungary.
Aug. 11.-French driven out of Ger
nay and Muelhausen.
Aug. 13.-Germans occupied Hasselt,
Tongres and st. Trond, Belgium.
France and England declared war on
Austria.
Aug. 15.-Japan issued ultimatum to
Germany demanding withdrawal of
German warships from the Orient and
evacuation of Kiauchau.
Aug. 17.-Belgian seat of govern
ment was transferred from Brussels
to Antwerp.
Beginning of five days battle in Lor-
raine, ending In repulse of French
across frontier with heavy loss. Be-
ginning Of five days battle between
Servians and Austrians on the Jadar,
ending in Austrian rout.
Aug. 19.-Brussels occupied by the
Germans, the allies retiring to Ant
we1p
Servians defeated $4,000 Austrians
at shabats, forty miles west of Bel,
grade.
Aug. 20.-French recaptured Muel-
hansen, Alsace, but were driven back
in Lorraine
Aug. 21.-Germans began lombard
ment of Namar forts and levied war
tax of $4,000 600 on Brussels and $1O,-
006,o on Aege.
Aug. 22.-Germans occupied Client
and Bruges-
Aug. 23.-Japan declared war on
Germany.
Luneville, France, occupied by the
Germans.
Russians drove back the Germans
from the eastern frontier.
Aug. N-The allied armies along
the line from Mons to the Moselle de-
feated and driven back by the Ger.
mans.
Germans captured Namur, drove the
French out of Alsace and advanced
from Lorraine into France.
Japanese warships began lombard,
ment of Using Tao, fortified sesport
Of Kfauchau.
Aug. 25.-Austria declared war ON
Japan.
Germans levied a war tax Of $9o.-
100000 on the Belgian province of
Brabant. .su
Aug. 26.-French cabinet resigned
and new cabinet formed by Premier
Viviani. Russians took Marienburg.
German island of zap near Guam
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