Meade County news., 1915-01-07

on Llege; President Wilson Issues procla-
| nation of neutrality.
| Aug. 5.-England announces existence OF
state of war with Germany: President
Wilson tenders his good offices to the
| warning nations.
Aug. 6.-Austria declares war on Russia
Aug. 7.-Germans enter Liege; French
invade southern Alsace.
Aug. S-Italy reaffrms neutrality
French occupy Muelhausen.
Aug, 10.-France proclaims state Of
war with Austria.
! Aug. 13-England declares war on Aus
| trla.
Aug. 13.-President Carbajal leaves Mex
| leo City.
Aug. 15.-Austrians enter Servia: Japan
sends ultimatum to Germany.
Aug 1Z.-British expeditionary force
completes its landing in France; Belgian
capital removed from. Brussels; beginning
of five days battle in Lorraine. ending
in repuse of French across frontier with
heavy loss; beginning of five days battle
between Servians and Austrians on tE4
Jadar. ending In Austrian rout.
Aug. 2O.-Germans enter Brussels: Bel
gian army retreats on Antwerp
Aug. 23.-Germans begin attack on
Mons; Austria announces victory over
Russians at Krasnik.
Aug. A.-Germans enter Namur; British
begin retreat from Mons; Zeppelin drops
bombs into Antwerp.
Aug. 25.-Austria declares war on Japan:
Muelhausen evacuated by the French
Aug. 26.-Non-partisan French cabinet
organized; Germans take Longwy.
Aug. 26.-British fleet sinks five German
warships off Helogoland
Aug. 7.-Louvain burned by Germans;
Japanese blockade Using Tao.
Aug. 29.-Germans capture LaFere; Rus
slams defeated In three days battle near
Tannenberg.
Aug. 30.-Germans occupy Amlens.
SEPTEMBER.
Sept 1.-St. Petersburg to be known
henceforth as Petrograd by Imperial de-
cree,
Sept 2.-Germans advance pentrates to
Creil, about 30 miles from Paris and
swings eastward; French center between
Verdun and Reims driven back; seat of
French government removed to Bordeaux.
Sept 3.-Russians occupy Lemberg.
Sept. 5.-Battle begins south of the
Marine and east of Paris in which the
German right wing is pushed back. fol-
lowed by general retreat.
Sept. 7.-Maubeuge taken by the Ger
mans.
Sept. 1O.-The kaiser protests to Pres-
dent Wilson against use of dum-dum bull
lets and civilian excesses by the allies.
Sept. 12.-German retreat halts on the
Aisne.
Sept. 16.-Belglan commission protests
TO President Wilson against German
Atrocities
Sept. 17.-Austrian armies effect juno
tion and hold line of San River against
| Russians.
Sent U0-Garnanu ri ND
injure the famous cathedral.
Sept. 22.-German submarine sinks Brit
| ish cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue in
| the North sea; Russians capture Jaroslav
and invest Przemysl
| Sept. %.-British troops from India land
at Marseilles.
Sept. 2S.-Germans begin SIEGE Of Ant
werp; Russian patrols penetrate Carpa-
| THAN passes into Hungary.
Sept. 29.-Gerinans deliver fierce attacks
around Noyon; French press forward
| from Toul and Verdun.
Sept 3O.-German warshlps lombard
japanese position before Kiauchau.
OCTOBER.
Oct. 1.-Heavy fighting near Arras be-
gins.
Oct. END of weeks battle at Angus
towo in which the Germans are defeated
and forced out of Russian territory.
Oct. S-5.-Russians occupy towns in
Hungary.
Oct. 5.-German attacks of Lassigny re-
pulsed; Belgian government removed
from Antwerp to Ostend.
| Oct. I-Bombardment OF Antwerp be-
gins; British submarine sinks German de-
stroyer Japanese seize Caroline islands
Oct S.-Zeppelins lombard Antwerp.
Oct. 9.-Antwerp occupied by the Ger
mans.
Oct 1O.-French win cavalry engagement
around HaZebrouck.
Oct 11.-German advance In Poland ap-
proaches the Vlstula and threatens War
saw: Austrian counter offensive in Galicia
| Oct. PA Boer commander in the Cape
province mutinles and martial law is de-
clared throughout the South African
Union.
Oct. 13.-Belgian government transferred
| from Ostend to Havre.
| Oct. H.--Allies occupy Ypres; battle be-
gins on the Vistula.
Oct. 15.-Ostend occupied by the Ger
| mans.
| Oct. 16.-British cruiser Hawke sunk by
German submarine.
| Oct. 17.-Japanese cruiser Takachimo
sunk by torpedo In Kiauchau bay
Oct. 1S.-Belgian army effects junction
with allied left, battle on from Channel
coast to Lille.
Oct. 20.-Engllsh gunboats participate In
battle at Nieuport on Belgian coast.
Oct a.-Ten days battle before Warsaw
ends in German defeat
Oct. 26,-After week of furious fighting
German assaults on allied line from Nieu-
port to Ypres slacken.
Oct. 27-South African seditlon spreads,
General DeWet in revolt: Russians pur-
sue retreating Germans and reoccupy
Lodz and Radon.
Oct. S.-Berlin admits retreat from
Warsaw and Ivangorod; German cruiser
Emden enters harbor of Penang and tor
pedoes Russian cruiser and French de-
stroyer
Oct. 29-Turkey begins war on Russia
by naval attacks on Odessa, Novorossysk.
and Theodosia in the Crimea.
Oct. S0.-Colonel Maritz. rebel leader in
Cape Province, beaten and driven out of
the colony.
NOVEMBER.
Nov. IA squadron of five German
cruisers, including the Gneisenau and
Scharnhorst defeated British squadron
off CorOnel, on the coast OF Chile; Turks
lombard Sebastopol.
Nov. S.-German squadron makes q raid
to British coast near Yarmouth.
Nov. 3.-Republican landslide in United
States elections.