THE WAR,
COUNTRIES ENGAGED.
Germany
Austria
Turkey
against
Britain.
Russia.
France.
Belgium, Italy
Japan
Servia Montenegro
ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED. Army corpo is a complete army on a small scale in itself. Thi etrength varies from 35,000 t 45,000 men.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1916.
Oct. 18-British craiser Hawke March 19.-Rassienaenter Memel. sunk by German submarine. March 21.-Tatile Zeppelin raid
on Paris, Oct. 24-Ten days' "battle be
fore Warsaw ende in German defeat.
Oct. 27
Russiana Lodz and Radom.
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reoccupy
Oct. 29-Turkish naval attacks on
Odessa and in the Crimta, Oct. 30-Col. Maritz, rebel leader
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driven out of Cape Colony. Nov. 1- German naval victory
off the coast of Chili. Nov, 3-Germann squadron makes a raid on British coast. Nov. 4-German croiser Yorck
strikes mine in Jada Bay. Nov. 5-England and France de-
olare war on Turkey: D.r. danelles forts bombarded. Nov. 6-Teingtou surrendere. Nov. 7 Rassians eater East
Prussia. Nov. 10--The Emden destroyed. Nos. 11-Germans capture Dix.
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Hongkong Hotel.
March 22,-Przemysl surrenders
to the Russians.
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March 24.-British airmen suc- Bell CD3
cessfully attack German submarine works at Hoboken. Bouman GG
March 25,-German submarine
U2.0 eunk with all hands. March 20.-Ruaaian Fleet. bom- berde the Buphorus. Ger- man submarino sinks West African liner Falaba. March 31-Australia offera en
other contingent.
April S.-Priez Eitel Friederich interned in Norfolk Navy Yard. U.S.A...
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Poli D Price Rosy, Miss F Ray, E. H
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Glaister Dr. & Mrs Gibb J Gould Mr & Mrs J doulbourn
T M April 9-Grmany assumes liabili.
Griffiths BL ty for the sinking of the Goodrich OL American ship William Frye.
Hall Anti-Austrian demonstra- tions at Genoa,
Division is a force of infantry Nov. 19- House of Common April 10-German Note
cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of from 15,000] to 20,000 men. Brigade, is a force of infantry o 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 A 2,000 to 4,000 strong. cavalry regiment is from 50 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 guns and about 200 men. In the German Army consists of 4 gune and 150 mea. In the Russian Army, it consists of 8 guns and 250 men.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS.
June 28-Archduke Francis Fer
dinand 098assinated.
voteen new army of 1,000,000 men. More than 1,100,000 Nov. 22-Russians surround Ger
Nov. 26-British battleship Bul.
man corps south of Lodz.
wark destroyed by explosion in the Medway River. Dec. 1-German Reichstag votes new credit of five billion
marks. King George visits Flanders;
Dec. 2-Austrians "occupy Bel-
grade. Gen. De Wet captar- Dec. 3--Serviane defent Aus
ed,
trians in three days' battle, Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lods, Dec. 8-British naval victory cff
Falkland Islands,
Dec. -Gen. Byere, Boer leader,
killed at the Vaul River.
Capt TP
•Hanibal Mr & MrSmith W H
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Hewelt Hon ME Harlewood CH Hein O Hollirgsworth A Hobson Dr H C Hodge WJ Irving E A Joseph M
Vaited States ocmplains that the latter has accomplished nothing by her diplomatie correspondence with Allies Official statement as to ill. treatment of British prisoners In Germcay. April 11-German Socialists issue price pamphlete: Bishop of London visite entire Front.
April 12- New York Herald
Joseph SM Jones MT
Joseph E
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Carlton
Alemberg E Clarke Miss May
Cropley L demands that Count Bern-Cropley NC storff should be given hia Cropley CC
Wo passports.
Caleber Goodall Mr & Mrs Goodall Misse & Hellway Heshal Dr J Kierulf R Macgregor D
April 13-Sir John French asks for
extra munitione. April 14-ILMS. Renard steams ten miles up the Dardanelles. Futile Zeppelin raid on Nor- thumbrian coast,
April 15-Dutch s.s. Katwyck
torpedoad without notice.
Dec. 13-British submarine sinks |
the Messudieh in Dardanelles, April 18-E. 15 runs ashere in Dec. 15-Austrians evacuate Bel-
grade,
Dec. 10 German cruisera bom
Scarborough and
bard Hartlepool.
the Dardanelles; clicers and "men made prisonera. April 19-Austria's request for food-stalls to be allowed to pass through Italy refused.
against the seizure, by the British, of the e... Paklot. Sir John French repudiates German statement that the British had used asphixiating
July 23-Austria sende an ulti-Dec. 18-Egypt proclaimed a April 20-German Nole protest
matum, to Servia.
July 31-Russia orders geceral
mobilisation.
Aag. 1-Germany declares war on Russia, French Cabinet orders general mobilisation. Aug. 2 German forces enter
Luxemburg.
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British protectorate. Gen. Botha reports Boer rebellion os at an end.
Dec. 20-26-Severe fighting on
the line of the Bzura River. Dec. 23-French Chamber votes
Dec. 25-British onval and aerial
ga808.
war oredit of £340,000,000. April 21-Russian torpedo-boats sink "ten Turkish vessels loaded with munitions. April 22-Tarks prevent Italians in Turkey from responding to mobiliation call. Anti-war ricts in Trieste.
raid against Cuxhaven. Deo. 28 French occupy St.
Aug. 4-England soude' altims
tum, demanding observance of Belgian neutrality. Ger- rejects ultimatum.. Aug. 6. England at war. Aug. Germans enter Liege.Jan.
French invade southern' Alsace.
Aug: 15.-Austriane ooter Servia Japan senda altimatum to Germany.
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Aug. 17, Britial land in France. Aug. 10-Beginning of battle of
Lorraine.
Aug. 20-Germanaooter Brussela. Aug. 23-Germans enter Namur. Aug. 24-Britiah begin retrest
from Mons.
Aug 25- French evacuate Mu
hausen,
Aug. 26-Germana lake Longwy, Aug. 27-Louvain burned by Germana. Japanese block. ade Taingtan. Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland. Sept. 2-Germanadvance reaches
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Senfis. French Government moves to Bordeaux. Sept 3-Russians occupy Lem
berg, Sept. 5-Battle of the Marne
bogine.
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Sept. 7-Maubeuge takon by the
Germans.
Sopt, 12-German retreat halts
on the Aiane, Sept. 20 Germans bombard
Rheime. Sept. 22 German
submarine
Georges, near Nieuport Jan, 1, 1915—H.M.S. Formidable
suck in the Charnel, Jan,3-French capture Steinbach. 3-4-Russians win decisive violory over Turks in the Caucasue,
Jab. 8-French advance across
Alone, north of Brissous, Jan. 13-Turks ocoapy Tabriz. Count Barchtold resigns. Jan: 19-German air fleet-bom-
barde Yarmouth. Jan, 21-General Falkenhayn,
German
Minister,
resigns.
War
Jan. 24-British naval victory in North Sea the Blücher euak,
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Forbes Mr & Mrs Een forces,
Forbes A 27-French re-capture Fulder B
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Hetgoworl Kitaboner's zlatement in the Lorde concerning the Luthra J HvaD
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Jan, 26-Germans lose heavily at April 29-After considerable Baxter HR
Givency and Cuineby,
Jan. 31 Cermany inaugurates
submarine raids, «
Feb, 3-German auxiliary cruiser
sunk off Patagonia. Feb. 5-Turks attempt to orose
Suez Canal.
Feb. 6-Allies resolve ts nnite
financial resources. Feb. 8 Total British curaalties
to date 104,000. Feb. 10-Germans, execute the
rebel Maritz.
Feb. 17-Oanadian *
contingent
lands in France. Fab. 20-27-Over 10,000 Ger-
mana surrender in France, Feb. 27.-Allied Fleet enters the
. Dardanelles.
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opposition, the Allied troops Butler PR
Bowdler Mrs establish themselves across Carmichael Mr and the end of the Gallipoli Mrs H peninsula. General Button Cartwright HA
Casull Mr M18 D resigns command of the 21st Division through ill health. Cary F W
Clair G Mr. Lloyd George introduces Compton AC proposals dealing with the Consland A drink question.
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30-Farther contingent of Australasiang disembarks at Gallipoli. Respirátora suppli- ed to the army as a asfeguard against gas. May 2-Minor ses encounter be- tween British and Germape. British lose the destroyer Recruit, and Germens two destroyers.
sinke British cruisers Abou-Mar. 1-House of Commons votes May
kir, Cressy, and Hogue. Sept. 28-Indian troops land at
Marseilles.
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Antwerp.
Oot, 2-Germans defeated at
Augustowo.
Oot, 5-Belgian Government re- moved from Antwerp to Ostead.
Oct. 7-Bombardment of Ant-
worp
Oct. 9-Antwerp occupied by
the Germans.
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March 9,-Second Canadian con-
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marines accounted for.
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