THE WAR.
COUNTRIES ENGAGED.
Germany
Austria
Turkey
agalost
Britain.
Russia.
France. ป "Belglum.
Italy
Japan
Servia
. Montenegro
ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED: Army corps is a complete army on a small acile in itself. Thi strength varies from 35,000 t 45,000 men.
Division is a force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of from 15,000 to 20,000 men.
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Brigade is a force of infantry or cavalry. The infautry brigade is from 4,000 to 7,000 strong. The cavalry brigade is from 1,000 to 2,000 strong. Regiment of infantry is Iron
2,000 to 4,000 strong. cavalry regiment is from 500 to 1,000 men strong. Squadron of cavalry is from 15
to 200 men strong. Battery of artillery in the British and French armies has 6 guns and abour 200 men. In the German Army consiste of 4 guns and 150 men. In the Russian Army it consists of 8 guns and 250 men.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS.
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Lambert E BLloyd GT C Laysera Marriott Dr&z Mira ✪ Mayor Mr & Mrs C E Mehta K B
Graham WE Harduan A Haase Mr & Mrs Hashimoto FK Hemming FR
Huahing A
Sarro C C Roper OH
Stewart R
Sylvester Ms S
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Threlfell
Hunter Mr&Mrs Thuda S
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Kingsclere Hotel.
Filkina Miss D
Forbes Mr. Mrs A Forbes
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Hardman A
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Login W
Cheezi Cart L Clayton W Cheetham
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Mann Mrs R H Duffy Miss ME Davis Mr&Mrs F E Middleton O Donnison Mr & Mrs Mereck!"J
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Fitzwilliams DrGHLRandall Mrs J A
June 28-Archduke Francis Per; Fielding. Mr. Mrs
dinand assassinated.
July 23-Austria sende an ulti
matum to Servia,
July 31-Russia orders general
mobilisation.
Aug. 1-Germany declares war on
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Smith Sorby quid Mr & Mrs J Swathield HE
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Russia French Cabinet ordere Galbraith 3 A general mobilisation..
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Aug. 2 German forces enter Hewelt MEA White Mr & Mrs. Luxemburg, Germany de llanaibal Mr & Mrs HLH
mands free rassuge through Belgiom.
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Hanson A Hodelna Cart AE Hawa Mrs L N Irving E A
Wood GG Wall Mr&Mrs A Wood MRF Webb Mr & Mrs B Watkins E Edward Hotel.
Jones S A Keay WE Elambert Mrs
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Aug. 4-England eende. altima tam, demanding observance
King of Belgian neutrality. Ger
rejects ultimatum,Almond Mrs R many
Bander C German troops attack Liege. Barclay Mr & Mrs
Boule Mrs Ang. 5-England announces
Bettison Mr & Mrs state of war with Germany.
WH Aug. 1.-Germans enter Liege. French invade southern Alsace.
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nentrality. Ang. 15.-Acatrians enter Servia, Japan sends ultimatum to Germany. Aag. 17.-British expeditionary force completes its landing in France. Aag. 19-Beginning of battle of
Lorraine. Aug.20-Germana onter Brussels. Aug, 23-Germans enter Namar
and bagin attack on Moos. Aug, 24-British begin retreat
from Mons.
Aag. 25- French evacuate Mul-
bausen.
Master M&
Cooke Mrs FL Cooke Miss J Cooke
IF Courнe, A Cossart Mr & Hr Dutton Mr & Mrs Feeney I Foy Mrs & Fyfe A A Georgcasn
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Macdonald Major D Passmore Mra WC
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Jab. 8-French advance norose
Aisne, north of Spissons.. Jan. 13-Turks occupy. Tabriz.
Count Berchtold resigns. Jan. 19-German air fleet bom-Oct.
barda Yarmouth and other Norfolk coast towns. Jan. 21-General Falkenhayn, German "War Minister; resigns. Jan. 24-British naval victory in
Aag. 26-Non-partisan French Cabinel organised. Germons take Longwy. Aug. 27-Louvain burned by Germans. Japanese block. ade Tsingtau. Aug. 28-Balile of Heligoland. Sept. 2-German advance roaches Senlie, thirty miles from Parie, and swings eastward. French Government moves Jan. to Bordeaux. Sept 3-Russians occupy Lem-
borg.
Sept. 5-Battle of the Marne
begins,
Bopt. 7-Maubeuge taken by the
Germans,
Sept. 12-German retreat halta
on the Aisne.
· Germans Copt, 20-
bombard
Jan,
North Bes; the Blucher sunk, 28-Germana lose two bat- talions at Givency and Cuin- chy. 31-Germany inaugurates submarine raids on British shipping Feb. 3-German destroyer aunk
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Binks British craicera Abon- Feb. kir, Oressy, and Hogue. >Russians captare Jarcelay Feb. and invent Przemysl. Sept. 20-British troops from Feb,
India land at Marseilles, Sept. 28-Germans begin siege of Feb.
Antwerp, A
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Augustowo
8-Total British cueaalties 104,000. Torks retreat from Suez Canal. 10-Germana execute the rebel Maritz.
17-Canadian contingent lands in France,
20-27-Over 10,000 Ger- mans sorrender in Franos. 27-Allied Fleet enters the Dardanelles after destructive
a raid on British coast near Yarmouth.
4-German cruiser Yorck strikes mias in Jade Bay and sicks.
5-England and France de- olare war on Turkey. Dar danelles forta bombarded. Russians reoccupy Jaroslav. Nov. 6-Teingtau surrenders,
- Rossians enter East Nov. 7
Prussia. Nov. 10--The Emden destroyed, Nov. 11-Germane capture Dix-
mude.
Nov. 12-Russians occupy Johan aisburg in East Prussia. Nov. 19- House of Commons votes a new army of 1,000,000 bombardment. Oct. 9-Antwerp occupied by
men. More than 1,100,000 the Gormens.
...men already under arme, ex- Ost. 5--Belgian Clovernment re-
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the Uspe Provines mantinies. Nov. 28 Russians surround Ger Oaland.
man corps south of Loda, 7Bombardmentof Antwerp
Nov, 26-British battleship Bal. wark destroyed by explosion
begins
Oct. 18 Belgian Government Iransferred from Ostend to
Hayre
Dew credit of five billion marla. King Georgo in Flanders.
Dec. 2-Adatrians occupy Bel. grade. Gen. De Wet captur ad
Dec. 3-Servisne turn on Aus- trians in bree days' battle which ende in a notable Ber.. vian victory.
Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lodz. Dec 8-British naval victory off Falkland Islands, British. occopy Bussorah, in Asia Minor
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grade.
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Dec. 18-Egypt proclaimed a British protectorate. Gen. Botha regards Boer rebellion 88 at on end.
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Ded: 23-French Chamber votes Dec. 25-British naval and aerial war credit of £340,000,000, raid against Cuxhaven.
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