THE WAR.
COUNTRIES ENGAGED.
dermany
Austria
Turkey
.against
Brljala. 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 forco 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.
A
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 In the guna and 150, men. Russian Army it consists of 8 guns and 250 men.
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ade Tsingtau, A Logan W Aug, 28-Battle of Heligoland. Luthra JH van GJ Peroy Burn Sept. 2-German advance reaches
Nixon F U
Benlis. French Government moves to Bordeaux. ́. Sept, 3-Russians occupy Lem-·*
berg.
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begiza
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Germans.
Sept. 12-German retreat halte
on the Aiene,
Oct, 29-Turkish naval attacks on
Odessa and in the Crimea. Oot, 30—Col. Maritz, rebel leader
driven out of Cape Colony. Nov. 1 German naval-victory
·
off the coast of Chili. Nov. 3-German squadron maken a raid on British coast. Nov. 4-German cruiser Yorck strikes mine in Jade Bay. Nov. 5-England and Francs de- clare war on Turkey. Dar- inks British cruisers Abou danelles forts bombarded. kir, Cressy, and Hogue. Nov. 6-Tsingtau surrenders. Sept. 28-Indian troops land at Nov. 7 Russians enter East
Sept. 20- Germans bombard
Bheima,
Bept. 22-German submarine
Marseilles,
Sept. 28-Germans begin siegs of
Antwerp.
Oct. 2-Germans defeated at
Augustowo.
Prussia.
Nov. 10--The Emden destroyed. Nov. 11-Germans. capture Dix-
mude.
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Dec. 16-German cruisera bom- bard Soarborough And Hartlepool.
Dec. 18-Egypt proclaimed a British protectorate: Gen. Botha reports Boer rebellion as at an end...
Dec. 20-26-Severe fighting on Dec. 23-French Chamber votes war credit of $340,000,000, Dec, 25-British naval and serial
the line of the Bzura River.
Feb. 8-Allies resolve tɔnnite
financial resources.
Feb. 8-Total British cagaalties
to date 104,000,
10-Germans execute the rebel Maritz.
Feb. 17-Canadian contingent!
landa in France.”“
Fab. 20-27-Over 10,000 Ger-
mang surrender in France, Feb. 27.-Allied Fleet enters the
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Charts of Bibuko Bay, (Sebattik will be effected, Jan. 13-Turke occupy Tabris, for permission to do so to the people TON NANYANG BROS. Habes, Flous, and all other
Count Berchtold resigns, Captain Superintendent of Police, CANTON
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Agents. Jan. 21-General Falkenhayn, zame nationality, age, se1, German War Minister, applicant, and stating the name height and occupation of the resigns.
raid against Cuxhaven, Deo. 28 French occupy St. Nov. 19- House of Commone Georges, near Nieuport. Oot, 5-Belgian Government re-votes a new army of 1,000,000 Jan. 1, 1916 H.M.S. Formidable
men. More than 1,100,000. Bunk in the Channel, Nov. 23-Russians surround Ger- Jan, 8-French capture Steinbach. man corps south of Lodz, Jan. 3-4-Rasians win decisive Nov. 26-British battleship Bul-
victory over Turks in the Caucasus,
moved from Antwerp to Ostend.
Oct. 7-Bombardment of Ant-
werp,
Oct. 9-Antwerp occupied by
the Germans. Oot. 12-A Boer commando in
the Cape Province mutinies, Oct. 13 Belgian Government transferred from Ostend to Havre
wark destroyed by explosion in the Medway River, Doo, 1-German Reichstag votes new credit of five billion marks. King Georgo visita Flanders:
Dec. 2-Austrians occupy Bel-
grade. Gen. De Wet captur
Jan. 8-French advance across Aisne, north of Soissons..
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