A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War. R. P. P. Rowe
(see Aug. 10, 25).
The Battle of the Jardar ends in a complete victory for the Serbians (see Aug. 17).
Aug. 20 (Thur.)
The Germans enter Brussels. They bombard Namur.
The French retire before a German counter-offensive in Lorraine.
A Russian victory at Gumbinnen (East Prussia), which leads to the retirement of the Germans on Königsberg, and to the appointment of Hindenburg to High Command (see Aug. 22).
Aug. 21 (Fri.)
The forts of Namur are silenced.
The Battle of Charleroi (east of Mons) begins (see Aug. 23).
South Africa:—German patrols cross into Union territory near Nakob.
Aug. 22 (Sat.)
The French and Belgians are defeated outside Namur.
The Germans approach Nancy: the Battle of Nancy (see Sept. 11).
General von Hindenburg is appointed to command the German armies in East Prussia.
Aug. 23 (Sun.)
Japan declares war on Germany.
Namur is captured by the Germans.
The Battle of Mons.
The Battle of Charleroi ends in the defeat of the French (see Aug. 21).
East Prussia:—The Russians are victorious at Frankenau.
Galicia:—The Russians take Brody and Tarnopol (see Sept. 1 and 7, 1915).
Aug. 24 (Mon.)
The retreat of the Allies on the Western Front begins.
The Germans occupy Tournai.
Cattaro, in the Adriatic, is bombarded by the Allied fleets.
Aug. 25 (Tues.)
Louvain is sacked by the Germans.
The British fight severe actions at Landrecies and Maroilles, and reach the line Cambrai—Le Cateau in 'the Retreat.'
Mulhausen is again captured by the Germans.
In East Prussia the Russians approach Königsberg.
The Austrians defeat the Russians in the First Battle of Krasnik.
The Austrians evacuate Serbia (see Aug. 13).
Invasion of the Cameroons by the French and British (see Feb. 19, 1916).
Aug. 26 (Wed.) (Crécy, 1346).
The First Battle of Le Cateau: further retirement of the Allies in France. Maubeuge is invested by the Germans (see Sept. 7).
The beginning of the Battle of Tannenberg, which, after four days' fighting, leads to the crushing defeat of the Russians by Hindenburg.
Togoland surrenders to the Allies (see Aug. 8).
H.M.S. Highflyer (a light cruiser, used before the war as a training ship for naval cadets) sinks the German auxiliary cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off the West African coast.
Aug. 27 (Thur.)
The Allies fall back behind the Somme. Lille and Mézières are occupied by the Germans. Ostend is occupied by British marines.
Halicz (Galicia) is captured by the Russians.
The blockade of Tsingtau (Kiao-Chau) begins (see Aug. 15, Nov. 7).
The German cruiser Magdeburg runs ashore in the Gulf of Finland, and is blown up by her captain.
Aug. 28 (Fri.)
The Battle of the Bight of Heligoland: British destroyers supported by light cruisers and battle cruisers sink three German cruisers and two destroyers; no British vessel is lost.
New Zealand troops, supported by an Allied naval force, occupy German Samoa.
Aug. 29 (Sat.)
The British Army, in touch at last with the French on both flanks, rests temporarily for the first time in 'the Retreat.' General Joffre and Sir J. French meet and confer at Compiègne. In the evening the retreat is resumed in an orderly manner.
The Battle of Tannenberg ends in a complete victory for the Germans (see Aug. 26).
Aug. 30 (Sun.)
The British reach a line a little north of Compiègne-Soissons. The Germans occupy La Fère and Laon. The British bases are established temporarily at St. Nazaire and Nantes instead of at Havre and Boulogne.
Aug. 31 (Mon.)
The Germans occupy Amiens.
In Galicia the First Battle of Lemberg begins (see Sept. 2).
Sept. 1 (Tues.)
The Germans occupy Soissons. The British fight gallant actions at Villers-Cotterets and Néry in 'the Retreat.'
East Africa:—The first portion of the Expeditionary Force arrives at Mombasa.
Sept. 2 (Wed.)
The British reach the north bank of the Marne in 'the Retreat.'
The First Battle of Lemberg ends in a heavy defeat of the Austrians by the Russians (see Aug. 31).
China:—Japanese troops are landed to attack Tsingtau (Kiao-Chau).
Sept. 3 (Thur.)
The French Government moves to Bordeaux.
The British cross the Marne in 'the Retreat,' and blow up the bridges.
Lemberg is occupied by the Russians (see June 22, 1915).
H.M.S. Speedy, torpedo gunboat, is sunk by a mine off the Humber.
Sept. 4 (Fri.)
The Germans cross the Marne in force.
The Russians advance into the Carpathian passes.
Sept. 5 (Sat.)
The Franco-British retreat ends; Joffre orders a counter-offensive. The Germans take Rheims and on their right are close to Paris. Heavy fighting on the Ourcq.
The British light cruiser Pathfinder is sunk, with serious loss of life, by a German submarine off St. Abb's Head (the first ship to be sunk by a submarine).
Sept. 6 (Sun.)
The Allied offensive in France begins with the First Battle of the Marne (see Sept. 10). A decisive day in the Battle of Nancy (see Aug. 22 and Sept. 11); German attacks are repulsed.
East Prussia:—The Battle of the Masurian Lakes begins (see Sept. 12).
In Galicia, the Battle of Grodek begins (see Sept. 13).
Sept. 7 (Mon.)
Maubeuge surrenders to the Germans (see Aug. 26). The Allies press forward in France.
The Germans advance into Russia.
Austria begins a second invasion of Serbia (see Sept. 15).
The formation of the British Royal Naval Division is announced.
Sept. 8 (Tues.)
The advance of the Allies in France continues. Von Kluck is now definitely in retreat.
H.M.S. Oceanic (armed merchant cruiser) is wrecked and lost off the Shetland Islands.
Sept. 9 (Wed.)
The decisive day of the Battle of the Marne: the British cross the river and advance north of it; the French carry the Ourcq. Foch makes a decisive move with the 9th French Army.
General Botha announces