Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-01
WHAT ItAR 1914
GAVE TO MANKIND
Chronological Record of Most
important Events Of the
Twelve Months.
EUROPEAN WAR STANDS FIRST
MexEco's Mudc'ied Affalrs-Pope Plus
and Earl Roberts Among the H.
,ustrious Dead - Disasters
and sPorts-Financia; and
Industrial Happenings.
COMPILED BY e. w. PIcKARD.
EUROPEAN WAR STANDS FIRST
COMPILED BY z. W. PlcKAR0.
EUROPEAN WAR

.ao+ and killed by a student in Sarajevo.
capital Of Bosnia, after a futile atteH'pl
tad been made to blow them Up WIN q
bomb.
July 2S-Austria sent peremptory note
"a Se1y!a demanding punishment OF all
r-,.on,rljces in murder of Archduke Fran
cts Ferdinand and suppression OF all so
c:eties which had folnented rebellion III
Bosnia.
July 0.-Troops modified by Austria,
tervia, Russia and Montenegro. Serv1ans
moved their capital to Nish.
July 2s.-Austria declared war against
se1via.
July 2e.-Austrians Invaded Servia and
aaelled Belgrade.
July 3l.-kaiser demanded Russian mob
l.ization cease and car refused. Martial
law proc:a iI,ed in Germany.
Stock exchanges in nearly all cities OF
.le world closed.
Aug 1.-Germany declared war on Rus-
zsa and modified its army. Car declared
martial law and France Issued decree OF
mobilization. Italy declared it's neutral
lily.
Aug Alderman troops advanced on
France through neutral Luxembourg.
Russia began invasion of East Prussia
and Pose,.
Aug. 3-Germans started three armies
toward France, through Belgium. violat~
ing the neutrality Of that country.
FRENCH troops crossed German frontier
IN Vosges mountains.
Aug. 4.-Great Britain demanded that
Germany withdraw her troops from Bel
siun Germany and England declared
war on each other and Germany declared
war on Belgium. France declared war on
Germany.
United States proclaimed its neutrality.
Aug 5.-Gernans repulsed at L!ege by
EelCians.
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener made
British secretary Of state for war.
President Wilson offered the services OF
the United States as mediator.
Aug. 6.-Austria-Hungary declared war
OF Russia.
British cruiser Amphicn sunk by Ger
man mine.
Aug. 7.-Germans entered Liege.
Aug 3.-Twenty thousand English troops
landed on French coast. French invaded
.aIsace-Lorraine and captured Altkircn
snd Muehlhausen.
Italy reaffirmed its neutrality.
Aug Torrance broke off diplomatic
relations with Austria-T1ungary.
Aug. 11.--French driven out Of Cernay
and Muelhausen.
Aug. 13.-Germans occupied Hasselt.
Tongres and St. Trond, Belgium. France
and England declared war on Austria
Aug 15-Japan issued u1timatum to Ger
many dema nding withdrawal Of German
warstips from the Orient and evacuation
Of Kia71chau.
Aug. 17-Belgian seat Of government
was transferred from Brussels to Ant
werp.
Beginning Of five days. battle In Lor-
ralne, 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: rs-Brusse1s occupied by the Ger
mans. the allies retiring to Antwerp.
servl;1ns defeated $4,000 Austrians at
shabats. forty miles west of Belgrade.
Aug 2e-Frerch recaptured Muelhausen
A!sa4sc, but were driven back in Lorraine.
Aug 21.-Gcrmans began bombardmert
1t Namur forts and levied war tax of
f4o.ooo 600 on Brussels and s10,oo0,000 on
Itege.
Aug 22-Germans occupied Client and
Bruges.
Aug 2s-Japan declared war on Ger
many.
Luncville, France, occupied by the Ger
mans
Russians drove back the Germans from
the eastern frontier
Aug o4-The allied armies along the
line IRON, Mons to the Mosel1e defeated
and driven back by the Germans
Germans captured Namur drove the
French out of Alsace and advanced from
Lorraine into France.
Japa nese warships began bombardrlent
Of Using Tao. fortified seaport of Kiau-
chan.
Aus. 25-Austria declared war on ia
pGr.
Germans levied a war tax Of 500. 00O, coo
on the Belgian province Of Brabant.
Aug. B.-Frencll cabinet resigned and
new cabinet formed by Premier Viviani.
Russians took Marienburg German is
~
nese Austrian defeated Russians on Cali
clan frontier. Louvan sacked and burned
by Germans
Aug. G.-British cruiser 1ighflyer de-
etroyed German armed merchant cruiser
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse off west coast
Of Africa.
Aug. 2s.-British feet sunk five German
varships off Helgoiand.
Allies checked the march Of Germans to
Paris ana terrific battle was begun ut
Arras and one near Nancy.
Austria declared wer on Belgium.
Aug. 2s.-British forces from New Tea
land seized Apia, chief town Of German
Samoa.
Russians defeated near Tannenber8.
Aug. 3o-Germans 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.-Allies victorious in a battle
along the line from Nanteuil to Verdun,
the imperial guard under the German
crown prince being nearly annihilated by
the British.
Germans destroyed DInant an1 captured
Maubeuge.
Sept. s.--Allies pushed back the entire
line of invading Germans.
Sept. 9.-Brtish forced Germans t. re-
treat along the river Marne
Sept. n.-Russians drove the Germans
from several fortified positions in Rus.,,n
Poland. but repulsed with heavy losses IN
East Prussia.
Sept. 12.-Britsh <777ships rom Ana
ra1ta took Herbertshoehe, seat Of COWS =.