THE WAR.
COUNTRIES, ENGAGED.
Germany
Austria
Turkey
against
Britain,
Russia. France. Belgium. Italy Japan
Servis
Montenegro
ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED. Army Army corps is a complete army on a small scale in itself. The strength varies from 35,000 to
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45,000 men. Division is a force 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 brigado in 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 15
to 200 men strong. Battery of artillery in the British and French armies has 6 gans and about 200 men. In the German Army consists of 4 In the guns and 150 men. Russian Army, it consists of 2 guna and 250 men.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS..
June 28-Archduke Francis Fer-
dinand assassinated.
Jaly 23-Austria sende an ulti-
matum to Servia.
July 31-Russia ordere general'
mobilisation.
Aug. 1-Gormany declares war on Russia, French Cabinet orders general mobilisation. Ang. 2- German forces enter
Luxemburg.
Aug. 4-England eends altima
tam, demanding observance. of Belgian neutrality. Ger many rejecte ultimatum. Aug. 5.-England at war. Aug. -Germans enter Liege.
French invade southard Alaace..
Aug. 15-Austrians enter Servia. Japan sends ultimatum to Germany.
Aug. 17.-British land in France. Aug. 19-Beginning of battle of
Lorraine. Aug.20-Germansenter Brussels. Aug, 23-Germana enter Namar. Aug, 24-British begin retraat
from Moss.
Aug. 25- French evacuate Mu
hausen.
Aug. 26-Germans take Longwy. Aug. 27-Louvain burned by
Germans. Japanese block- ade Tsingtau. Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland. Sept. 2-Germanadvance reaches
Senlia. Frenul Government moves to Bordeaux. Sept 3-Russians occupy Lem
berg.
the Marne
Sept. 5-Battle of
begins.
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Sept. 7-Maubeuge taken by the
Germans.
Sept. 12-German retreat halte
on the Aïene.
Sept. 20 — Germans bombard
Rheims.
Sept. 22-German submarine einke British cruisers Abou-
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Oct, 18-British cruiser Hawke | March 19.-Russian enter Memel. sunk by German submarine. March 21.-Futile Zeppelin raid
Oct, 24-Ten days' battle be- fore Warsaw ends in German defeat,
Oct, 27
Russiana redccupy Lodz and Radom. Oct. 20-Turkish naval attacks on
Odessa and in the Crimea.. Oct. 30-Col. Maritz, rebel leader
driven out of Cape Colony. Nov. 1- German naval victory
off the coast of 'Ohili. Nov. 3 German equadron makes
o raid un British coast.' Nov. 4-German oruiser Yorck
strikes mino in Jado Bay, Nov. 5-England and France de-
olare war on Turkey. D. danelles forts bombarded. Nov. 6-Tsingtau surrenders. Nov. 7 flassians enter East
Prese..-
Nov. 10--The Emden destroyed. Nov. 11-Germane capture Dix
mude,
Nov. 10 House of Commons
votes a new army of1,000,000) men. Mora than 1,100,000. Nov. 23-Ruesians surround Ger-
man corps south of Lodz.
Nov. 26-British battleebip Bul.
wark destroyed by explosion in the Medway River. Dec. 1-German Reichstag votea new credit of five billion
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marks. King George visits Flanders,
Dec. 2-Austrians occupy Bel- grade. Gen. De Wet captar- ...ed. Deo. 3-Servians defeat Aus-
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trians in three days' battle. Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lodz. Dec. 8-British naval" victory off
. Falkland Islands. Dec. 9-Gen. Byore, Boer leader,
killed at the Vaul River. Dec. 13 British sabmarine sinks the Mesaudieh in Dardanelles. Dec. 15-Austrians evacuate Bel-
grade,
Dec. 16-German cruisera bom-
bard Scarborough and Hartlepool.
Doc. 18-Egypt, proclaimed 's British protectorate. Gen. Botha reports Boer rebellion
as at an end. Dec. 20-26-Severe fighting on
the line of the Bzara River. Dec. 23-French Chamber votes
on Paris.
March 22,-Przemysl surrenders
to the Russians,
March 24.British airmon" suc- cessfully attack German submarine works at Hoboken.
March 25-German, submarine
U2.0 sunk with all hands.
March 20.-Russian Fleet bom-.
bards the Bphoras. Gor- man submarice sinks Weat African liner Falabo.
March 31.-Australia «fira' au-
other contingent.
April 8.-Prioz Eital Friederich
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April 11-German Socialiste issue peace pamphlets, Bishop of London visita entire Front. April 12 New York Herald demands that Count Bern. stoff should be given ha passports.
war credit of £340,000,000. |- Dec. 25-British naval and serial
traïd against Cuxhaven. Deo. 28 French occupy St.
Georges, near Nieuport.
April 13-Sir John French asks for
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Jan. 24-British naval victory in
North Sea: the Blucher sunk.. Jau, 26-Germana lose beavily at
Givency and Cuincby. Jan. 31-Germany inaugurates
submarine raide. Feb. 3-German auxiliary cruiser
sunk off Patagonia. Feb. 5-Turka attempt to cross
Suez Canal,
Feb. 6-Allies resolve tanite
financial resources, Feb. 8-Total British cucaslties
.to date 104,000.
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rebel Maritz.
in Turkey from responding
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points of the Gallipoli per #incula. April 26-Canadians' victory at Ypres. General attack on the Dardinelles by lind and sea forces.
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Feb. 17-Unnadian contingent MESSRS, KOMOR & KOMOR now running, timing as under
londe in France.
Fab. 20-27-Over 10,000 Ger-
mans surrender in France. Feb. 27.-Allied Fleet enters the
Dardanelles.
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Mar. 1-House of Commons votes
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ept. 28-Indian troops land at
Maravilles.
Sept. 28-Germans begin siege of
Antwerp.
Out. 2- Germans" defeated at
Augustowo.
Oct. 5-Belgian Government re- moved from Antwerp to Ostend. Oct. 7-Bombardment of Ant-
werp.
Dot, 9-Antwerp occupied by
the Germana. Oct. 12-A Boer commando in
the Cape Province matinies. Oct 13- Belgian Government
transferred from Ostend to Havre, Oct. 14-Allies occupy pres. Battle begins on the Vistula. Oot. 10--Ostend coupled by
the Germans.
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Basses total 10,000 in three Hongkong, 8th June, 1915, days. Maroh 14. The Dresden sunk
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