The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-01
EUROPEAN WAR

June 2e.-Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
heir to the Austrian throne, and ms NOR
ganatic wife, the duchess OF HonenDefs'
shot and killed by student In Sara1eVo,
capital of Bosnia, after futile attempt
had been made to blow them up with
bomb
July 23-Austria sent peremptory note
to Servia demanding punishment OF all
accomplices in murder Of Archduke iran
els Ferdinand and suppression OF all So
cieties which had fomented rebeinon III
Bosnia,
July 26.-Troops modified by Austria.
Eervia, Russia and Montenegro SerViahs
moved their capital to Nish.
July 2S-Austria declared war against
Eervia.
July 2e.-Austrians invaded Servia and
shelled Belgrade.
July 31,-Kaiser demanded Russian mob
ilization cease and car refused. Martial
law proclaimed in Germany.
Stock exchanges in nearly all claes Oh
the world closed.
Aug 1-Germany declared war on Rus
xia and modified it's army. Gear declared
martial law and France issued decree OF
mobilization. Italy declared its neutral
ity.
Aug 2-German troops advanced on
France through neutral Luxembourg.
and PoSen.
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
GUM. Germany and England declared
war on each other and Germany declared
war on Belgium. France declared war on
Germany.
United States proclaimed it's neutrality.
Aug 5-Germans repulsed at Liege by
Belgians.
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-H Hungary declared war
on Russia.
British cruiser Amphion sunk by Ger
man mine.
Aug. 7.-Germans entered Liege.
Aug S.-Twenty thousand English troops
landed on French coast. French invaded
Alsace- Lorraine and captured Altkirch
and Muehlhausen
Italy reaff1rmed its neutrality.
Aug. Torrance broke off diplomatic
relations with Austria-Hungary.
Aug 11-French driven out of Cernay
and Muelhausen.
Aug. 13-Germans occupied Hasse1t
Tongres and st. Trond, Belgium France
and England declared war on Austria.
Aug. 15-Japan issued ultimatum to 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 $4,000 Austrians al
Shabats forty miles west of Belgrade
Aug. 20-French recaptured Muelhausen
Alsace, but were driven back in Lorraine
Aug 21.-Germans began bombardment
of Namur forts and levied war tax OF
$4,000 600 on Brussels and $10,0O0,00O on
Liege. :"
Aug 22.-Germans occupied Client and
Bruges.
Aug. 23-Japan declared war on Ger.
many.
Luneville, France, occupied by the Ger
mans.
Russians drove back the Germans from
the eastern frontier.
Aug 24.-The allied armies along the
line from Mons to the Mosefle 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.-Austria declared war on ia
pan.
Germans levied a war tax of SOC, 000, 00t
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 27-British cruiser Highfiyer de-
stroy~i German armed merchant cruiser
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse off west coast
of Africa.
Aug. 2s-British feet sunk five German
warships off Helgoland.
Allies checked the march of Germans to
Paris and terrific battle was begun at
Arras and one near Nancy.
Austria declared war on Belgium.
Aug. 2s.-British forces from New Zea-
land seized Apia, chief town of German
Samoa.
Russians defeated near Tannenberg.
Aug. S0.-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 I'm 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 and captured
Maubeuge
Sept. s.-Allies pushed back the entire
line of invading Germans.
Sept. s.-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. 1e.-British warships from Aus
fralia took Herhertshoehe. seat OF govern