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EuE -: ga WAR


|. EUROPEAN WAR
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/ June -&--A1cnduke francis Ferdinand
! hn:r 80 the Austrian throne, and l. 8 NOR
sanatic wife, the duchess OF H1h2nberg
/ shot ana killed by Il student in S3rajev0
/ anr.sl If ElsH!G- after q futile attempt
/ had }aon made to blow them up with q
bomb.
Iulv 72.-Nuetlia sent peremDtory note
! 70 S-rria GeJ0anGi-" punishment OF al
j accom- lscs in murder Of A.-hG";c Fran
! eli Ferdinand an& Suppression 81 all So
! .iotirS which haa fcw~ntod rebellion IN
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July l6-Troops modified by tustria
| SeTvia, Russia ana Montenegro. SerVian5
/ moved tGrlr capita! - Nish.
! July @s.--AEstria Occurred war against
/ 5yIvia
! July 29-Aust,ians invaded scrv,a and
/ sLallcd Bels.a de.
/ July a;.-Saisar demanded Russian mob
! EZalign cease and car refused Mar ia
/ ...w .la.m"d in Germany.
! StC.k Exchanges in nearly all cities al
| the would closed
Aug. L-Gcr:"nny L" AIRED waI n Rus
! sin ard r9ob:J,~od its army. Car declared
! married l-w and Fr@u.g issued {. rec OF
/ mobilization Haiy declared is neutral
/ .ty.
Aug 2.-fic'pfan jTa@ps hd~@r2ec on
France t.rpg-h neutral luEcmbout :.
RUSSIA began invasion OF East Prussia
! and Tcean
AuE %-GcTmans started throe armies
iuw#ri France through Belgium, violat
ju" lie neutrality Of that couatrg.
French troops crossed German frontier
an EasErs mountains
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Germany withdraw her troops from Bel
2iGm Germany and FG=iani declared
war 81 earh other aud Germany tl-lare@
war ON Belgium. France declared var On
.iyfrnnuE
United States proclaimed its neutrality
>ug 5.--te.uons rcpuised AZ l'cGe by
Il ns.
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener made
i2risish secretary Of state Tot war.
nres'd ut Wilson G5sared the SRA ices o..
the United states as mediator.
Aug. 6-Austria- Hungary declared war
on Russia.
british cruiser Amplion sunk by Ger
man mine.
Aug. 7.-Gcrmans entered Liege.
Aug S-Twenty thousand English troops
landed on French coast French invaded
Alsase-Lorraine and captured hltl1irch
and Muehlhausen.
Italy reaffirmed its neutrality
Aug 10.-France broke off diplomatic
relations with Austria Hungary.
Aug H.-French driven out of Cernay
and Muelhausen.
aug. 1s.-Germans occupied Uasselt
Tongres and st Trond Belgium France
and England declared war on Austria.
Aug 15-Japan issued ultimatum 10 Ger
many demanding withdrawal Of German
warships from the Orient and evacuation
of Kiauchau
Aug 17.-Belgian seat of government
was transferred from Brussels to Ant
werp.
Beginning of FIVE DAYS battle in Lor-
raine, ending in repulse of French across
frontier with heavy loss. Beginning of
five days' battle between Servians and
Austrians on the Jadar, ending in Aus
trian rout.
Aug. 19-Brussels occupied by the Ger
mans the allies retiring TO Antwerp.
servians defeated $1,000 Austrians at
Shabats, forty miles west of Belgrade.
aug 2o.-French recaptured Muelhausen.
Alsace, but We're driven back in Lorraine
. Aus. 2f.-Germans began bombardment
of Namur forts and levied war tax of
$40 ON0, 600 on Brussels and $1O,0 900 on
Liege
Aug. 22.--Germans occupied Client and
Bruges.
Aug 23-Japan declared war on Ger
many.
LuneviIle, France, occupied by the Ger
manss
Russians drove back the Germans from
the eastern frontier.
Aug. 24.-The allied armies along the
line from Mons to the Moselle defeated
and driven back by the Germans
Germans captured NaTur 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.-Austria declared war on ia
pan.
Germans levied a war tax of 100000 600
on the Belgian province of Brabant
Aug 26.-French cabinet resigned and
new cabinet formed by Premier Viviani
Russians took Marienburg. German is
land Of zap near Guam seized by Japa-
nese. Austrian defeated Russians on Cali
clan frontier. Louvain sacked and burned
by Germans
Aug q British cruiser Highflyer de-
stroyed German armed merchant cruiser
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse off west coast
of Africa
Aug. 2S.-British fleet sunk five German
warships off Helgoland
Allies checked the march of Germans to
Paris and terrific battle was begun at
'rras and one near Nancy.
Austria declared war on Belgium.
Aug 29.-British forces from New Zea-
land seized Apia, chief town of German
Samoa.
Russians defeated near Tannenberg.
Aug. 30.-Gcrmans occupied Amiens
Sept. 2.-Seat of French government
moved to Bordeaux.
Russians captured Lemberg, Austria.
after seven days battle
Sept. 5.-Germans captured Reims
Sept. 6-British cruiser Pathfinder sunk
by torpedo in North sea
Sept. 7.-Anies victorious in a battle
along TIE line from Nanteuil to Verdun,
the imperial guard under the German
crown prince being nearly annihilated by
the British.
Germans destroyed Dinant and captured
Maubeuge
Sept. S.-Allies pushed back the entire
lire of invading Germans.
Sept. 3. British forced Germans to re-
treat along the river Marine
Sept. u.-Russians drove the Germans
from several fortified positions in Russian
Poland. but repulsed with heavy losses In
East Prussia.
Sept. 12.-British warships from Aus
S<alie took Herbertshoehe. seat of govern