-German war, here
the German empire was inaugurated and William I crowned emperor, here by
this treaty was the work of Bismarck completely undone and the
constitution of a proposed League of Nations set forth, one of the
greatest events in the history of the world.

CONDENSED CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR

1914.

June 28--Murder at Serajevo of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand.

July 23--Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia.

July 28--Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

July 31--General mobilization in Russia. "State of war" declared in
Germany.

Aug. 1--Germany declared war on Russia and invaded Luxemburg.

Aug. 2--German ultimatum to Belgium, demanding free passage across
Belgium.

Aug. 3--Germany declares war on France.

Aug. 4--War declared by Great Britain on Germany.

Aug. 4--President Wilson proclaimed neutrality of United States.

Aug. 4-26--Belgium overrun: Liege occupied (Aug. 9); Brussels (Aug. 20);
Namur (Aug. 24).

Aug. 6--Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.

Aug. 10--France declares war on Austria-Hungary.

Aug. 12--Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary.

Aug. 16--British expeditionary force landed in France.

Aug. 18--Russia completes mobilization and invades East Prussia.

Aug. 21-23--Battle of Mons-Charleroi. Dogged retreat of French and
British in the face of the German invasion.

Aug. 23--Tsingtau bombarded by Japanese.

Aug. 25-Dec. 15--Russians overrun Galicia. Lemberg taken (Sept. 2);
Przemysl first attacked (Sept. 16); siege broken (Oct. 12-Nov. 12). Fall
of Przemysl (Mar. 17, 1915). Dec. 4, Russians 3-1/2 miles from Cracow.

Aug. 26--Germans destroy Louvain.

Aug. 26--Allies conquer Togoland, in Africa.

Aug. 26--Russians severely defeated at Battle of Tannenberg in East
Prussia.

Aug. 28--British naval victory in Helgoland Bight.

Aug. 31--Allies' line along the Seine, Marne and Meuse rivers.

Aug. 31--Name St. Petersburg changed to Petrograd by Russian decree.

Sept. 3--French Government removed (temporarily) from Paris to Bordeaux.

Sept. 5--Great Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty not to make
peace separately.

Sept. 6-10--First Battle of the Marne. Germans reach the extreme point
of their advance; driven back by the French from the Marne to the River
Aisne.

Sept. 7--Germans take Maubeuge.

Sept. 11--An Australian expedition captures New Guinea and the Bismark
Archipelago Protectorate.

Sept. 16--Russians under Gen. Rennenkampf dr