LAND AND WATER 
October 17, 1914 
AccnsT l&ra.— Japanese ultimatnm to Gcrmajiy demaiading the 
withdrawal of her vessels of war from the Far East. / 
AuoDST 17th.— The British Expeditionary Force safely landed in 
trance. 
The Belgian Government transferred from BrusseU to Antwerp. 
August 18th.— General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien appointed to com- 
mand of an Army Corps of the British Expeditionary Force, in 
succession to the late General Grierson. 
August 2arH.— The Servians gained a decisive victory over the 
Austrians near l^habatz. 
August 21st.— The German forces entered Brussels. 
August 22nd.— Scrvia announces that their army had won a great 
victory on the Drina. The Austrian losses were very heavy. 
August 23Rt>.— Japan declared war on Germany. The Ru.ssian 
•rniy gained an important victory near Gumbenoen against a force of 
160,U0O Germans. 
August 24i-h.— It was announced that Xamur had fallen. 
August 27Tn.— Mr. Churchill announced in the House that the 
German armed merchantman Kaiser M'ilhelin der Crosse had been 
■unk by H.M.S. Highflyer on the West Africa Coast. 
August 28i-h. — A concerted operation was attempted against the 
Germans in the Heligoland Bight. 
The First Light Cruiser Squadron sank the Maim. The First 
Battle Cruiser Squadron sank one cruiser, Koln class, and another 
cruiser disappeared in the mist, heavily on fire, and in a sinking 
condition. 
Two German destroyers were simk and many damaged. The total 
British casualties amounted to sixty-nine killed and wounded. 
Lord Kitchener announced that " The Government have decided 
that onr Army in France shall be increased by two divisions and a 
cavalry division, besides other troops from India." 
Skptejtber 2nd. — The British Cavalry engaged, with distinc- 
tion, the Cavalry of the enemy, pushed them back, and captured ten 
guns. The Russian Army completely routed four Austrian Army Corps 
near Lemberg, capturing 150 guns. 
SEaTTEMBER 3bd. — The French Government moved to Bordeaux. 
September 4Tn. — The Russian Array under General Ruzsky, cap- 
tured Lemberg, and the Army of General Brussiloff took Halicz. 
Settember Sth. — The formal alliance of England, France, and 
Russia was signed in London by the representatives of the three 
Governments concerned, bindinp; each nation to conclude peace, or 
discuss terms of peace, only in conjunction with its Allies. 
September 6rH. — It was announced that the scout-cruiser PatJi- 
finder foundered on Saturday afternoon after running upon a mine. 
September 9th. — ^The English Army crossed the Marne, and the 
enemy retired about twenty-five miles. 
September 11th. — Our let Army Corps captured twelve Maxim 
guns and some prisoners, and our 2nd Army Corps took 360 prisoners 
and a battery. 
September 13th. — On the left wing the enemy continued his retreat- 
ing movement. The Belgian Army puehed forward a vigorous offensive 
to the south of Lierre. 
Septemher 14th. — ^AU day the enemy stubbornly disputed the 
passage of the Aisne by our troops, but nearly all the crossings were 
secured by sunset. 
Septemser ISth. — The Allied troops occupied Rheims. Six 
hundred prisoners and twelve guns were captured by the Corps on 
the right of the British. 
September 15th. — Submarine E9, Lieutenant-Commander Max 
Kennedy Horton, returned safely after having torpedoed the German 
cruiser Hela, six miles south of Heligoland. 
September 20ih. — ^Rheims Cathedra]' was bombarded. 
The British auxiliary cruiser Carmania, Captain Noel Grant, Royal 
Navy, sank the Cap Trafalgar oS the east coast of South America. 
September 22nd. — H.M. ships Aboukir, Hague, and Cressy were 
sunk by submarines in the North Sea. 
Seitember 23rd. — British aeroplanes of the Naval wing delivered 
an attack on the Zeppelin sh«ds at Biisseldorf . 
Sefteheer 2&rH. — There was much activity on the part of the 
enemy aU along the line. Some heavy counter-attacks were repulsed, 
and o(Hisiderabre loss was inflicted on the enemy. 
September 28th. — At certain points, notably between the Aisne 
and the Argonne, the enemy made further violent attacks, which were 
repulsed. 
Septie-Mber 29th. — There was practically no change in the sitnation. 
The Allied left had some very heavy fighting, but they weU held their 
Octobeb 1st. — The arrfval of the Indian Expeditionary Force at 
Marseilles was announced. 
October 2xd. — His Majesty's Government have authorised a mine- 
laying policy in certain areas and a system of mine-fields has b«en 
establisncd and is being developed upon a considerable scale. 
October 5th. — In Russia, after a battle which lasted ten days, 
the G'ermau army which was operating between the front of East 
Prussia and the Niemen w'as beaten all along the line and retreated, 
abanaouing a considerable quantity of material. 
October Tth. — Submarine E 9 (Lieutenant- Commander Max K. 
Horton) returned safely after having torpedoed and sunk a German 
torpedo-boat destroyer off the Ems river. 
DAY BY DAY. 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER Sth. 
In the Nortliern region of our left wing the enemy made no 
progress anywhere. They fell back in several places, particularly 
to the north of Arras. The operations of the two cavalry forces 
developed almost to the North Sea. 
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th. 
On our left wing the opposing cavalry forces still operated 
to the north of Lille and of La Bassee, and the battle proceeded 
along a line passing through the districts of Lens, Arras, Braysur- 
Sonmie, Chanlues, Roye, and Lassigny. Sharp fighting took 
place in the Roye region, where during the last two days 1,600 
prisoners were taken. The British naval airmen carried out 
another successful raid on the Zeppelin sheds at Dusseldorf. 
They destroyed a Zeppelin. The bombardment of Antwerp 
continued. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th. 
The War OfEce announced that Antwerp was evacuated 
yesterday. 
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th. 
The Secretary of the Admiralty announced that in the 
retreat westward of the Anglo-Belgian forces, some 2,000 British 
Naval Marines and 3,000 Belgians were cut o£E by the Germans 
and compelled to retire into Dutch territorj>-, where they had 
to lay down their arms. The German cavalry, which had seized 
certain crossing points on the Lys to the east of Aire, were driven 
off and retired into the neighbourhood of Armentieres. Two 
German aeroplanes fiew over Paris and dropped twenty 
bombs in various places. It was announced that King Carol 
of Roumania died yesterday. 
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12th. 
Six bombs were dropped on Paris by a German airman. 
The Russian cruiser Pallada was sunk in the Baltic on Sunday 
by a German submarine. 
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13th. 
The town of Lille was occupied by a German army corps. 
Between Arras and Albert we made marked progress. 
In the centre we also made progress in the neighbourhood of 
Berry-au-Bac. ^ 
The Austrian army corps which were beaten in Galicia 
tried to reform twenty-five miles west of Przemysl. 
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1-tth. 
It was announced that the Belgian Government had removed 
from Ostend to Havre. 
The Belgian field army, with King Albert still at its head, 
was also in Northern France. 
It was ofiScially announced from Petrograd that two German 
submarines were sunk in the attack in the Baltic, by which the 
Russians lost the cruiser Palladia. 
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