.
Aug. 19--Austrians defeated by Serbs at Shabats; Russians report victory
over Austrians in Padolia; Germans report capture of Russians in East
Prussia; Russians driven out of Germany; Italian refugees complain of
German outrages.
Aug. 20--Russians occupy Gumbinnen and Lyck in East Prussia; Austrians
occupy Miechow, Russian Poland.
Aug. 21--Serbs defeat Austrians in four days' battle near Losnitza;
Russians successfully advance on Austro-German frontier.
Aug. 22--Russians report continued successes on Austro-German frontier;
Servians report capture of Austrian guns in pursuit of defeated force
across the Drina.
Aug. 23--Russian Army pushes fifty miles into Prussia, capturing three
towns; Servian version of victory at Losnitza confirmed in Rome;
Montenegrins continue attack.
Aug. 24--Austria abandons Servian campaign to meet Russian attack; two
Russian armies crush Germans in the east; retreating armies lay waste
the country.
Aug. 25--Russians spread on broad front over East Prussia and Galicia
and repulse Austrians at Kielce; Germans report Russian defeat near
Gumbinnen; Servians chase Austrians along whole front; report of German
outrages on Jews in Kalisz.
Aug. 26--Russians sweep over Prussia in three lines, menacing Koenigsberg
and Posen; Germans reported fleeing from Elbing district; report of
Russian advance into Austria; Austrians drive Russians from Krasnik.
Aug. 27--Russians take Tilsit; Germans retreat toward Koenigsberg and
Allenstein; Austrians routed in Galicia; French troops join Montenegrins
to operate against Austria.
Aug. 28--Russians reach Allenstein; Russians continue advance in
Galicia; Serbs defeat Austrians at Shabats.
Aug. 29--Russians invest Koenigsberg and occupy Allenstein; Germans claim
victories; Russians draw net around Lemberg; Austrians claim occupation
of Zamost.
Aug. 30--Russians advance in East Prussia, to the Vistula and bombard
Thorn and Graudenz; panic in Danzig; battle between Russians and
Austrians in Poland; Austrians defeated at Lemberg; Russians gain ground
against Austrians and win battle at Zamost; Germans in East Prussia get
reinforcements and report capture of 30,000 Russians; Poland almost
clear of German troops.
Sept. 1--Russians inflict crushing defeat on Austrians on Galician
frontier; Germans announce defeat of three Russian army corps near
Allenstein.
Sept. 2--Russians seize fortified positions around Lemberg, admit
advance into East P
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