The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-01-01
1914.

July ZS. Austria Hungary declares
war on Serbia.
July 81. General mobilization in
Russia. State OF war declared in
Germany.
Aug. l. Germany declared war
on Russia and invaded Luxemburg.
Aug. ,. German ultimatum TO
Belgium, demanding a free passage
for her troops across Belgium.
Aug. 3. Germany declares war on
France.
Aug. 4. Great Britain's ultimatum
to Germany demanding assurance
that neutrality of Belgium would
be respected, War declared by
Great Britain on Germany.
Aug. I. President Wilson pro-
claimed neutrality of United States.
Aug. 4-26 Belgium oyerrun;
Liege occupied aug. o; Brussels
(Aug. 2O); Namur (Aug. 24).
Aug. o. Austria-Hungary declares
war on Russia.
Aug. 10. France declares war on
Austria Hungary.
Aug. u. Great Britain declares
war on Austria Hungary.
Aug. 10. British cxpeditionary
force landed in France.
Aug. Is. Russia completes mob
iIizatlon and invades East Prussia.
Aug. 2l-23. Battle of Mons-Char-
leroi Doggcd retreat OF French
and British in the face o. the Ger
man invasion.
Aug Is. Tsing.au Dombardcd BY
japanese.
Aug. 25-Dec. Is. Russians overrun
GaIicia. Lcmbcrg taken (Sept. p;
Przemysl first attacked (Sept. l6) !;
siege broken oct. 12-Noy. l2).
Fall Of Przemysl March Il, 1878.
Dec. +, Russians 31s miles from Cra-
COW.
Aug. %. Germans destroyed Lou
vain.
Aug. 20. Allies conquer Togo
land in Africa.
Aug, %. Russians severely de-
teated at Battle of Tannenberg in
East Prussia.
Aug. 2S. British naval victory
in Helgoland Blight.
Aug. 81, Allies line along the
seine, Marne, and Meusc rivers.
Aug 81. Name st. Petersburg
changed to Petrograd by Russian
decree.
Sept. 3. French government re-
moved, Temporarily, from Paris
to Bordeaux.
Sept. 5. Great Britain, France
and Russia sign a treaty not to
make peace separately.
Sept. 6-l0 Battle OF the Marine
Germans reach the extreme point
Of their advance; driven back by the
French from the Marine to the River
AIsne. The battle line then re-
NAMED practically stationary for
'hrec years (front OF 500 niles.
sept. /. Germans take Maubcuge.
Sept II. An Australian cxpedi-
ION captures New Guinea and the
Bismarck Archipelago Protectorate.
sept 10. Russians under General
Rennenkampf driven from East
Prussia.
Sept. D Three British armored
cruisers sunk by a submarine.
Sept. p. Successful invasion of
German Southwest Africa by Cen
eral Botha.
Oct y. Germans occupy Antwerp.
oct. 13. Belgian government
withdrawS to lie Uayrc. in France.
Germans occupy Ghent.
Oct. l6-2S. Battle OF the User. in
Flanders. Belgians and French halt
German advance.
Oct. lz-Noy. l.. French Bel
glans and British repulse German
drive in first battle of Ypres. saw
ing channel ports (decisiye dav of
battle Oct. 80.
Oct. p. The sale of alcohol for
bidden IN Russia until the end of the
war.
oct 2l-2S German armies driven
back in Poland.
Oct, 2S. De Vets rebellion in
South Africa.
Nov. |. German naval victory
IN the Pacific off the coast of Chile
Nov, 3. German naval raid into
English waters.
Nov. 5. Great Britain declared
war on Turkey; Cyprus anncxcd,
Nov !. Fall OF Tsingtau to the
Japanese.
Nov. l0-Dec. "A. Austrian inya.
sion of Serbia. belgrade taker
Pee z recapturcd by Serbians Dec
Nov TO- German cruiser EN-.
den caught and DESTROYED at Coco,
Island. '' 0N0'
Nov. ID. Proclamation by tn,
president OF the United States O
neutrality OF the Panama cana
zone,
Nov. p. Basra, on Persian gull
occupied by British.
Dec. s, British naval victory of
the Falkland Islands.
Dec, 8 South African rebellion
collapses. '''0
Dec. g. French government re
turned 20 Paris.
Dec, 10. German warships bonn
Darded West Hartlepool, Scarbor
ongh and Whitby.
Dec. Il. Egypt proclaimed a Brit
sh protectorate and a new ruler an
pointed with title of sultan