THE WAR.
COUNTRIES ENGAGED,
Germany
Austria
Turkey
against
Britain.
Russia.
France.
Belgium. Japan, Servia.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1915,
Oot. 12-4 Bcer commando in HOTEL LIST.
the Uspe Province mutinies,| Oot. 13 Belgian Government
transferred from Ostend to Havre
Oct. 14-Allies ocoppy pre
Battle begins on the Vistula. Oct. 16-Oatend occupied by
the Germans.. Oot, 16-British cruiser Hawto zonk by German submarine. Oct. 24-Ten daya battle bc
fore Warsaw ends in Germen défeat.
Oct. 7 Russians reoccupy
Ladz and Radom."
Montenegro. Oct. 20-Turkey begins war on Rueria by naval attacke en Odessa and in the Crimea. Oct. 30-Col. Maritz, rebel leader "driven out of Cape Colony. Nov. 1 German naval victory
ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED. Army corps is a complete army on a small Goale in itself. The strength varies from 35,000 to 45,000 man. Division is a fores of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of from 15,000 to 20,000 men. Brigade is a force of infantry or cavalry. The infantry brigade is from 4,000 to 7,000 strong. The cavalry brigade is from 1,000 to 2,000 strong. Regiment of infantry is from
2,000 to 4,000 strong: cavalry regiment is from 500 to 1,000 men strong, Squadron of cavalry is from 150
to 200 men strong. Battery of artillery in the British and French armies has 6 guna and about 200 men. In the German Army consists of 4 guns and 150 men, In the Russian Army it consists of guns and 250 men,
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PRINCIPAL EVENTS.: June 28-Arcbdake Franois Fer
dinand assassinated.
July 28-Adatria sende an ulti-
matum to Servia.
July 31-Russip orders general
mobilisation.
Aag. 1-Germany declares war on Russia, French Cabinetorders general mobilisation.
Aug.
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2- German forces enter Luxemburg. Germany de mands free tuge through: Belgiom.
Aug. 4-England sends altime-
A
tum, demanding observance of Belgian neutrality. Ger- many rejecta ultimatum. German troops attack Liege. Aug 5-England announces a
slate of war with Germany. Ang Y.-Germans enter Liege. southern French iavado Alasce,
Italy reaffirms Aug. 8.
Trentesity. (Aug. 15.-Acstrians enter Servis, Japan senda altimatum to Germany,
Ang, British expeditionary force completes its landing "in France? Ang. 19-Bi ing of battle of
Lorraine. Aug.20-Gonz
off the cost of Chili. Nov. 3-German equadron makes a raid on British coast near Yarmouth.
Nov. 4-German" oraiser Yorck strikes mins in Jade Bay and sinks. Nov. 6 England and France de-
clare war on Turkey. D. danelles forte bambarded. Russians reoccupy Jaroslav. Nov. 6-Tsingtau surrenders, Nov. 7 Russiane enter Eaat
Prussia.
Nov. 10--The Emden destroyed. Nev. 11-Germans capture Dix-
Dude.
Nov. 12-Russians cocopy
Hongkong Hotel.
Irving B WJonsHIM T
Joseph EM Joseph BM Kalos FH
Kingle A8
Lampman Mr Mrs.
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Abraham, E3 Adams Mr & Mrs Anderon Geo E Backhouse J H Hanokham EA Ballios, Mrs R Bell CDJ
Knegie A S
Ber Mi Legge J· Black W M Bianch Mr. & Mrs
BOD K Baward Mr. &
GJ Bothwell EF
MIS
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Lloyd GT
Naja Mr & Mrs
Kann Mra FR : Manta B Mramorecki
Mourer Mr. & M♫ 0° Mayor Mr&MrOE
Mrs JV Moyrlo C
WE
Cranston JW
Capt, TM
Middleton
Mody Mr & MraJ H
Moore Miss M
Ormiston J Pok L Poobles Miss R Feebles Fesbles
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Braga Bridg's F Bruce M W Chang BY Clayton, Coleman Dr.ALEF Moors Coomba Mr&Mrs WMurer Mr & Mr G. Cook Mr&Mrs H MNeighbour WR Coombe Mr & Mrs Nelson O Cornelingsen Mra Crat RHA Ozalokshank Mrand Cunningham HF Dashwood Mr & MraFhoher AJ
ES.
Puives A B Davis Mics E Randall Mrs JA Davis Mr & Mrs F E Ray, E. H
Rayner Lt Col and Dennis F Derby A Douglas GJ Dawley WA Duffy Miss ME Duppett HW Ehrenfels Mr&Mrs
#C Johan-
hardt Capt. Franka F W French Capt & Mrs Fuller Denman
Evensen E
Aisburg in East Proseis. Nov. 19- House of Commons voles a new army of 1,000,000 men. More than 1,100,000 men already under arme, ex-Goodrich CL clusive of Territorials: Goulbourn V
Gould Mr & Mrs J. Grillin Mr & Mrs E
Griff the
HL
Nov. 23-Rassians surround Ger-
man corps south of Lodz, Nov. 26-British battleship Bul-Hall Capt. TP
wark destroyed by explosion Hannibal Mr & in the Medway River. Ger mans break through Russian circle near Ledz.
Dec. 1German Reichsing votes new credit of five billion marks., King George in Flanders:
Deo. 2-Austrians occupy Bel- grade. Gen. De Wet caplur- ed... Dro. 3-Servians turn on Aus- trians in three days' baitle which ende in a notable Ser. vian victory.
Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lodz. Deo, 8-British naval victory off
Falkland Islands, British cccupy Bussorah, in Asia Minor.
Dec. 9 Gen. Byers, Boer leader, killed at the Vaal >>River."
Dec. 13-British submarine sinks the Massudieh in Dardanelles.
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Aug. 25 French ́ evacuate Mul-
haugen.
Aug. 26-Non-partiean French Cabinet organised. Germans Make Longway. Aug. 27-Louvain burned by Germans. Japanese block ade Taingtau. Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland," Sept. 2-German 'dvance reaches Senlie, thirty miles from Pariz, and swinga eastward. French Government moves to Bordeaux.
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Sept 3-Russians occupy Lem-effected by us in any case what-
berg.
Sept. 6-Bstile" of the Marne
begine:
Sept. 7-Maubeuge taken by the
Germans.
Sept. 12-German retreat halts
on the Aisne.: Sopt. 20- Germans
bombard Rheimsend injure the famona 'Cathedral.
Sept. 22-German submarine einke British cruiters Abou- kir, Oreasy, and Hogue. Russiane capture Jaroslav and invest Przemysl, Eept. 28-British troops from
·India land at Marseilles, Rapt, 28-Germans begin siege of
Antwerp. 07.2-Germana defeated at
Augustowo.
Oct. Belgian Government re- moved from Antwerp to Ostend.
Det. --Bombardment of Antwerp
bagine,
9-Antwerp occupied by The Germana
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