LAND AND WATER 
September 5, 1914 
AvavsT 7th. 
Tha German cruiser Coeben, with her escort the Breflau, loU 
Messhia. Offrmans oi'.tside Li^^c ivikcd for a Iwentyfoiir 
h nirs" amitfUcc to collect their killed ar,d wounded. Ai-nsistita 
refused by Belgians. 
Aoar-w Sin. 
French troops invaded .AUace and reached Mii'haiuen aft-er a 
f.harp engagement, in which the Germans were routed v.ith tha 
bayonet. Lord Kitchener issued a circular asking ior 100,000 
men. 
Avava- 9th. 
One of the cruiser squadrons of Uie Main Fleet was attacked by 
GeiTiian Bubmarines. The enemy's submarine, U15, was sunk 
by H.M.S. Birmingham. 
Aoonar lOrn. 
Fiance declared war on Austria-Hungary. Li^go forts stul 
r.ntaken. G'ermans advanced on Namnr. The ne-.v Pri?s.» 
Jtureaa cstablislied by the Government for the issue of officii! 
war news opened. 
AccuST llm. 
Ino Goeben and Sreslau took refuge in the Dardanelles. Eng!a:i<i 
declared war against Austria.. 
August 12Ta. 
Conhen and Breslau purchased by Turkey. Bombardment of 
Liege forts resumed. 
Alojst 15th. 
The Tsar addressed a Proclamation to the Polish populations of 
Kuseia, Germany, and Austria, promising to restore to Poland 
complete autonomy ajid guarantees for religious liberty and 
the use of the Poli^^h language. 
August 16th. 
Japanese ultimatum to Germany demanding the withdrawal of 
her vessels of war from the Far East. 
August 17ih. 
The British Expeditionary Force safely landed in France. Death. 
of Lieut. -General Sir Jam«s Grierson. 
Tlie Belgian Government transfencd from Brussels to Antwerp. 
August 18th. 
General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien appointed to comir:and of an Amiy 
Corps of the Britisli Expeditionary Force, in succession to tha 
late General Grierson. 
Some desultory fighting took plac« in the Xorth Se*. 
August 20th. 
The Servians gained a decisive victory over the Austiians near 
fchabatz. 
Aj^usi 21st. 
The German forces entered Brussels. 
AoGCSi 22L\D. 
Servia announces that their array had won a great victory on tha 
Drina. The Austrian losses v.cre very heavy. 
August 23rd. 
J.ipan declared war on Germany. Tlie Russian army gained an 
important victory near Gumltenneu against a force of 160,000 
Germans. 
August 24rH. 
It was announced that Kamur had fallen. 
The British forces were engaged all dny on Sunday and after 
daik in the neighbourhood of Mons, and held their ground. 
Luneville was occupied by the Germans. 
August 27ih. 
Mr. Churchill announced in the House that the German armed 
merchantman Kaiser Wilhclm der Grosst had been sunk by 
H.M.S. Highfyer on the West African coast. 
A strong force of British marines has been sent to Ostend and 
has occupied the town without opposition. 
DAY BY DAY. 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28th. 
Early in tlie morning a concerted operation was 
attempted against tlie Germans in the Heligoland Bight. 
The First Light Cruiser Squadron sank the Main:, 
receiving only very sUght damage. The First Battit- 
Cruiser Squadron sank one cruiser, Koln class, and 
another cruiser disappeared in the mist, heavily on firo 
and in a sinking condition. 
All the German cruisers which engaged were thus disposed 
of. 
Two German destroyers were sunk and many damaged. 
The total British casualties amounted to sistv-niaa 
killed and wounded. 
Lord Kitchener announced in tlie House of Lords that 
^ '■ The Government have decided that our Army in 
France shall be increased bv two divisions and a 
cavalry division, besides other troops from India. Tha 
first division of these troops is now on its wav." 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29th. 
No official news. 
SUNDAY. AUGUST SGth. 
The following statement summarises that communicated 
by the Secretary of State for War : — 
Although the oliicial dispatches fi'om Sir John French on 
the recent battles have not yet been received it is 
possible now to state in general outline what the 
British share in the recent operations has been. 
•There has, in efiect, been a four days' battle — on 
August 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 2Cth. During the whole 
of this j)eriod the British troops, in conformity with the 
general movement of the French armies, were occupied 
in resisting and checking the German advance and 
in withdrawing to the new lines of defence. 
Tlie battle began at Mons on Sunday, during which day 
and part of the night the German attack, which wa.s 
stubbornly pressed and repeated, was completely checked 
on the British front. 
On Monday, the 24th, the Germans made vigorous 
efforts in superior numbers to prevent the safe 
withrdawal of the British Army and to di-ive it into the 
fortress of Maubeugo. This eHort was frustrated by 
the steadiness and skill with which the British retire- 
ment was conducted. 
The British retirement proceeded on the 25th with con- 
tinuous fighting, though not on the scale of the previou.s 
two days, and by the night of the 25th the British 
Army occupied the line Cambrai-Landrecies-le-Cateau. 
It; had been intended to resume the retirement at day- 
break on the 2Gth, but the German attack, in which no 
less than five Corps were engaged, was so close and 
fierce that it was not possible to carry out this intention 
imtii the afternoon. 
The battle on this day, August 26th, was of the most 
severe and desperate character. The troops offered a 
superb and most stubborn resistance to the tremendous 
odds with which they were confronted, and at length 
extricated themselves in good order, though with serious 
losses and under the heaviest artillery fire. 
No p;nn3 were taken by the enemy except those the horses 
of which were all killed, orwhich were shattered by high 
explosive shells. 
Sir John French estimates that during the whole of these 
operations, from the 23rd to the 26th inclusive, his losses 
amount to 5,000 or 6,000 men. On the other hand the 
losses suffered by the Germans in their attacks across 
the open, and through their dense formation, are out of 
all proportion to those which we have suffered. 
Since the 26th, apart from cavalry fighting, the British 
Army has not been molested. Reinforcements 
amounting to double the loss suffered have already 
joined. 
MONDAY. AUGUST 31st. 
At one point in the centre of the Allied line the 
Frenph troops succeeded in beating the enemy back a3 
far 33 Guise. 
The Queen of the Belgians and her three children 
arrived in England. 
TUESD.4Y, SEPTEMBER 1st. 
The Russians met with a check in East Pru.ssia, but 
were successful in minor engagements in Galicia. 
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd. 
Continuou.s fighting was in progress along almost the 
v.hole line of battle. The British Cavalry engaged, 
with distinction, the Cavalry of the enemy, pushed 
them back, and captured ten guns. The French 
Army continued the offensive and gained ground in 
the Lorraine region. The Russian Army have com- 
pletely routed four Austrian Army Corps near Lemberg, 
iaPiictiug enormous losses and capturing 150 guns. 
Mojt timely and appropriate is the production of a volume entitled 
War and Alien Enemies, which has been written bv Mr. Arthur Page, 
and published by Messrs. Stevens and .Sons, of "Chancery Lane, at 
five Bhillinga. The book gives full information about the la\v.« affecting 
the defiaitiyn of alien enemies, their state and property on land, their 
state and property at sea, tlie rules of contraband of v;ar, the right of 
alien enemies to contract or trade, and the way in which war affects 
parin,erBhip3 or c^mpanioB in v/hich alien enemies are concerned. 
\Vritten by a barrister atlaw who is thoroughly conversant with this 
branch of legal work, the book is a clear guide to the law on the 
subject, and will doubtless be found of great nse by all who are in any 
way affected commercially and directly by the present colossal struggle 
between the natijna. 
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