feat Austrians
near Semendria; Turkey mobilizes.
Aug. 5--Austria declares war on Russia; Russian patrols raid East
Prussia; Servian flag hoisted at Delarme, Austria; Belgrade bombarded;
Germans repulse Russian cavalry at Soldau and Neidenberg.
Aug. 7--Montenegro declares war against Austria; Austrians bombard
Belgrade; Servians annihilate Austrian regiment.
Aug. 8--Servia declares war on Germany; fighting between Germans and
Russians at Eydtkuhnen; German force lands in Finland; Austrians
evacuate Visigard; Austrians burn Russian villages near Rumanian border.
Aug. 9--Russians repulsed by Germans near Tilsit; Germans capture motor
cars carrying money to Russia; Russians enter Austria; Austrians occupy
town and customs station of Andrejew, Russian Poland; Turkey mobilizing
[Transcriber: original 'mobolizing'] on Bulgarian frontier.
Aug. 10--Montenegrins occupy Scutari; Belgrade again bombarded; Servians
penetrate Bosnia; Austrians bombard Antivari; Germans concentrate on
Russian frontier.
Aug. 11--Russians guard Finland; Russian cavalry routs Austrians in
Galicia; Italy demands explanation from Austria of bombardment of
Antivari; Russians advance into Germany.
Aug. 12--German attempt to reoccupy Eydtkuhnen unsuccessful; Austrians
and Germans defeated on Russian frontier; Russian visitors to German
health resorts tell of ill-treatment; Servians and Montenegrins advance
on Bosnia; Prince George of Servia wounded.
Aug. 13--Russians capture Sokal; Cossacks annihilate two
Austrian-cavalry regiments; German troops before Kalisz threaten to
shoot every tenth inhabitant if further resistance is shown.
Aug. 14--Russians defeat Austrians on the Dniester; unrest in Turkey.
Aug. 15--Berlin reports capture of 23 Russian Generals and Admirals by
Germans; Greece wants explanation from Turkey of concentration of troops
near border; Russians raid East Prussia; fighting between Austrians and
Servians on the Save and the Danube; Turkish Ambassador says Turkey was
not hostile in buying German cruisers.
Aug. 16--Germans fail to retake Eydtkuhnen.
Aug. 17--Russia demands of Turkey unrestricted use of Dardanelles;
prisoners a problem for both sides; Russian Army marches on Austria and
Germany; minor engagements on frontier; Servians check Austrians'
advance; Greece hears that Turkish troops are approaching and sends
warning that corresponding measures will be taken.
Aug. 18--Servia reports Austrian defeat near Saboc
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