own up by mine in the Adriatic; British capture Austrian liner
Marienbad; German steamer W.W. Schneefels brought to Gibraltar as war
prize.

Aug. 16--French fleet said to have sunk two Austrian ships in the
Adriatic.

Aug. 17--German dreadnought said to be damaged in Norwegian port; French
sink Austrian cruiser in the Adriatic; German cruiser Karlsruhe said to
have sunk four British merchantmen; British cruisers capture
Hamburg-American liners Cap Ortegal and Santa Catharina.

Aug. 18--Two German cruisers captured and taken to Hongkong; fight
between British and German patrol fleets.

Aug. 20--British steamer Hostilius captured by German cruiser Dresden;
German fleet said to have shelled three Russian ports.

Aug. 21--British and French warships and Montenegrin batteries bombard
Cattaro; two German Hansa liners seized at Bombay and Hamburg-American
ship at Rangoon.

Aug. 22--Steamers Maryland and Broberg sunk by mines in North Sea; two
Dutch steamers reported sunk; German cruiser Dresden sinks British
steamer Hyades; British cruiser Glasgow captures German ship Santa
Kathina; French capture German four-master and Austrian steamer; account
made public of sinking of Austrian battleship Zrinyi.

Aug. 23--Anglo-French fleets destroy Austrian cruiser Zenta and bombard
Cattaro; Dutch steamer Alcor blown up by Russians to block Hango harbor;
report that French, English, and Russian vessels are aiding Japan to
blockade Kiao-Chau.

Aug. 24--Japanese fleet has begun bombardment of Tsing-tau; Cattaro
badly damaged by British and French fleets.

Aug. 25--German steamer Elizabeth sunk.

Aug. 26--British defeated in battle with German torpedo boat off
Kiao-Chau.

Aug. 27--British cruiser Highflyer sinks Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse;
British marines occupy Ostend; German cruiser Magdeburg sunk in Gulf of
Finland; mines in North Sea sink a Danish and a Norwegian steamer;
Japanese bombard island near Kiao-Chau and blockade port.

Aug. 28--British fleet sinks two German cruisers, sets fire to third,
and sinks two torpedo boats off Heligoland; Germans fire at Japanese
fleet near Kiao-Chau; Austrian destroyer sunk by British off Corfu;
British cruiser Welland sinks German torpedo destroyer; other German
ships captured; six vessels blown up in North Sea by mines; Russians
capture crew of German cruiser Magdeburg.

Aug. 29--Port of Cape Jaeschke blocked by Japanese warships; passenger
steamer destroyed by mines near Russian por