THE WAR.
COUNTRIES ENGAGED.
Germany
Austria
Turkey
against
Britain.
Russia.
France. Belgium. Italy Japan Servla Montenegro
ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED. Army corps is a complete army on a small scale in itself. The strength varies from 35,000 to 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 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 guns and about 200 men. In the German Army "consists of 14 guna and 150 men. In th Russian Army it consists of guns and 250 men."
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PRINCIPAL EVENTS. June 28-Archduke Francis Fer-
dinand assassinated. July 23-Austria sends an ulti-
matum to Servia.
July 31-Russia orders general
mobilisation.
Aug. 1-Germany declares war on Russia. French Cabinetorders general mobilisation. Aug. 2 German forces enter
Luxemburg.
Aug. 4-England sende ultima-"
tum, demanding observance of Belgian neutrality. Ger- ..many rejecte ultimatum. Aug. 5. England at war. Aug. 1.-Germage enter Liege.
French invade couthern Alance.
Aug. 15-Austrians enter Servis. Japan sende altimatum to Germany.
Aug. 17.-British land in Fracce. Aug. 19-Beginning of battle of
Lorraine.
Aug.20-Germaneantor Brussels, Aag. 23-Germans enter Nomor. Aug. 24-British, begid retreat
from Moas.
· Aug. 25— French evacuate Ma
bausen.
Aug. 20-Germans take Longay, Aug. 27-Louvain burned by Germans. Japanese block- ade Tsingtau. Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland, Sept. 2-German advance reaches
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Oct. 29-Turkish naval attacks on
Odessa and in the Crimea. Oct. 30-Col. Maritz, robal leader
driven out of Cape Colony. Nov. 1 German naval victory
off the cost of Chili. Nov. 3-German equadron makes a raid on British coast. Nov. 4-Gorman cruiser Yorck strikes mins in" Jade Bay. Nov. 6-England and France de-
clare war on Turkey, Dar- danelles forts bombarded. Nov. 6 Tsingtau surrenders. Nov. 7 Russians enter East
Prussia, Nov. 10--The Emden destroyed."- Nov. 11-Germane capture Dix
mude.
Nov. 19 House of Commons
voles a new army of 1,000,000 men. More than 1,100,000. Nov. 23-Russians surround Ger.
man corpe south of Lodz. Nov. 26-British battleship Bul
wark destroyed by explosion. in the Medway River. Deo, 1-German Reichstag votes Dew credit of five billion marke, King George visite Flanders.
Dec. 2-Austrians occupy Bol- grade. Gen. De Wet captur ed. Deo. 3--Servians defial Aus-
trians in three daya' battle. Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lodz. Dac, 8-British naval victory off
Falkland Islands. Dec, 9-Gen. Byers, Boer leader,
killed at the Vaal River. Dec. 13-British submarine sinks the Massudieh in Dardanelles. Dec. 13-Austrians evacuate Bel-
grade.
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Dec. 16-German cruisers bom-Hose in
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Dec. 18-Egypt proclaimed a British protectorate." Geo. Botha reporta Boer rebellion as at an end. Dec. 20-26-Severe fighting on
the line of the. Bzura River. Dec. 23-Frenob Chamber votes
war. credit of £340,000,000. Dec, 25-British naval and aerial
raid against Cuxhaven. *Dec. 28 French occupy St. Georges, near Nieuport. Jan. 1, 1915-U.M.S. Formidable
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Jan. 24-British naval pictory in North Sea: the Blucher sunk. Jan, 28-Germans lose heavily at
Givenoy and Cuinoby. Jap. 31 Germany inaugurates
submarine raide. Feb. 3-German auxiliary cruiser
"sank of Patagonia, Feb. 5-Turks attempt to cross
Suez Canal.
Feb. 6-Allies resolve tnite
financial resources. Feb. 8-Total British catalties
to date 104,000.
Senlis. French Government moves to Bordeaux. Sept 3-Russians occupy Lem-Feb.
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Feb. 20-27-Over 10,000 Ger-Traia Service. Three Express mana surrender in France. Trains will take the place of those Feb. 27-Allied Fleet entors the now running, timing as under:-
Dardanelles.
Mar. 1-House of Commons votes supplementary credit of 37 millions and a fresh credit of 250 millione.
sipka British oruiɛera Abou- kir, Creasy, and Hogue.March Sept. 28-Indian troops land at
Marseilles.
Sept. 28-Germans begin siege of
Antwerp.
"Oct. 2- Germane defeated at
Augustowo.
Oct. 6-Belgian Government re- moved from Antwerp to Ostend.
8.-British aeroplanes attack Ostead. March 9.-Second Canadian con-
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werp...
Oct. 0-Antworp occupied by
the Germans.
Oct. 12-A Boer commando 'in the Cape Province mutinies, Belgian Government transferred from Ostend to Начте.
Oct. 13
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Oct. 14-Allies occupy Ypres. Battle begins on the Vistula, Oct. 16-Ostend occupied by
the Germans.
Oct. 16-British ernie Hawke sunk by German submarine. Oct. 24-Ten days battle be- fore Warsaw ends in German
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