The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-01-01
EUROPEAN WAR

June 2S.-Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
heir to the Austrian throne, and his NOR
ganatic wife, the duchess of Hohenberg,
shot and killed by a student In Sarajevo.
capital OF Bosnia, after a futile attempt
had been made to blow them up with a
bomb.
July 23.-Austria sent peremptory note
to Servia demanding punishment Of all
accomplices in murder of Archduke Fran
els Ferdinand and suppression Of all So
cieties which had fomented rebellion in
Bosnia.
July 26.-Troops modified by Austria,
servia, Russia and Montenegro. servians
moved their capital to Nlsh.
July 2S.-Austria declared war against
Servia
July 2s.-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 cities of
the world closed.
Aug. 1.-Germany declared war on Rus
sia and modified its 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.
Russia began invasion of East Prussia
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- Hungary declared war
on Russia.
British cruiser Amphion sunk by Ger
man 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 It's neutrality.
Aug. 1O-France broke off diplomatic
relations with Austria-H Hungary.
Aug. 11.-French driven out OF Cernay
and Muelhausen. IS
Aug. 13.-Germans occupied Hasselt.
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 Ktauchau.
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 or
Ave 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 at
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
s4O.OoOOOo on Brussels and s1oOOo.ooo on
Liege.
Aug. 22-Germans occupied Client and
Bruges.
Aug. 2s.-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 Moselle 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 900
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 Gall
clan frontier. Louvain sacked and burned
by Germans.
Aug. 27-British cruiser Highflyer de-
stroyed German armed merchant cruiser
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse of 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
Arras 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 Tannenoerg.
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.
Sent 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 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. 11.-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
traila took Herbertshoehe. seat OF govern