LAND AND WATER 
September 5, 1914 
T!i9 German cmiser Coeben, with her escort the Breslau, left 
Mcsiina. Germans outside Liege nJid for a twenty-four 
liQurs' armistice to collect their kiUcd and wounded. Amiietics 
refused by Belgians. 
AdOUst Gth. 
French troops invaded Alsace and reached Mulhausen after a 
sharp engagement, in which the Germans were routed with the 
bayouct. Lord Kitchener issued a circular asking for 100,000 
men, 
AcQtJST 9th. 
One of the crmser squadrons of the Main Fleet was attacked by 
German eubmarines. The enemy's submariiio, U15, was sunk 
by H.M.S. JSirmingJtam. 
AnousT 10th. 
Fiance declared war on Austria-Hungary. Li^ge forts still 
untaken. O'erman.? advanced en \amnr. The new Picsu 
Bureau established by the Government for the issue of official 
war news opened. 
AcGCii 11th. 
Ine Gochcn and Breslau took refuge in tlie Dardanelles. England 
declared war againel Austria, 
AncTJsr 12th. 
Goeben and Breslau purchased by Turkey. Bombardment of 
Liege forts resumed. 
AroDST ISth. 
The Taar addressed a Proclamation to the Polish populations of 
Kufisia, Germany, and Aus.tria, promising t-i restore to Poland 
comidete autonomy and guarantees for religious liberty and 
the use of the Polish language. 
AvsrsT 15rH. 
Japanese ultimatum to Germany demanding the withdrawal of 
her vessels of war from the Far East. 
AvGCST I7th. 
The Britifih E.xpeditionary Force safely landlod in France. Death 
of Lieut.-General Sir Jam^es Griersoii. 
Tlie Belgian Government transfen'ed from Brussels to Antwerp. 
Aug r ST 18th. 
General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien appoirited to command of an Ai-my 
Corps of the British Expeditionaiy Force, in succession to tha 
late General Grierson. 
Some desnltory fighting took placo in the North Sea. 
AcarsT 20th. 
The Servians gained a decisive victory over the Austrians near 
iShabatz. 
Aucusi 21st. 
The German forces entered Brussels. 
AUCCST 22.ND. 
Scrvia announces that their army had won a great victory on the 
Drina. The Austrian losses v>'ere very heavy. 
AtTGUST 23ed. 
Japan declared war on Germany. The Russian army gained an 
important viclory near Gumbenneu against a force of 160,000 
Germans. 
AiJGDST 24th. 
It was announced that Namur had fallen. 
The British forces were engaged all day on Sunday and after 
dark in the neighbourhood of Mons, arid held their ground. 
Luneville was occupied by the Germans. 
August 27rn. 
Mr. Churchai announced in the House that the Germ.an armed 
merchantman Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse had beexi sunk by 
H.M.S. HighPyer on the West African coast. 
A strong force of British marines has been sent to Ostend ajid 
has occupied the town without opposition. 
DAY BY DAY. 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28th. 
Early in the morning a concerted operation was 
attempted against the Germans in the Heligoland Biglit. 
The First Light Cruiser Squadron sank the Mahu, 
receiving only very slight damage. 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. 
All the German cruisers which engaged were thus disposed 
of. 
Tvro German destroyers were sunk and many damaged. 
The total British casualties amounted to sixty-nine 
hilled and wounded. 
Lord Kitchener announced in t'le House of Lords that 
" The Government have decided that our Army in 
France shall be increased by two divisions and a 
cavalry division, besides other troops from India. The 
; first division of these troop, is now on its wav." 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29th. 
No official news. 
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30th. 
The following statement summarises that communicated 
by the Secretary of State for AYar : — 
Although the official dispatches from Sir John French on 
the recent battles ha\'e not yet been received it L-j 
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 2Gth. During the whole 
of this period 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. 
The battle began at Mons on Sunday, during which day 
and part of the night the German attack, which was 
Btubbomlj' 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 drive it into the 
fortress of Maubeuge. This effort was frustrated by 
the steadiness and skill mth 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 previous 
two days, and by the night of the 25th the British 
Army occupied the hne Cambrai-Landrecies-le-Cateau. 
It had been intended to resume the retirement at day- 
break on the 26th, 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 
until the afternoon. 
The battle on this day, August 26th, was of the most 
severe and desperate character. The troops ofiercd a 
superb and most stubborn resistance to the tremendou.s 
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 guns were taken by the enemy except those the horses 
of which were all killed, or_which 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 
.nil proportion to those which we have sufiered. 
Since the 26th, apart from cavalry fighting, the Briti.sh 
Army has not been molested. Reinforcements 
amounting to double the loss sufiered have already 
joined. 
MONDAY. AUGUST 31st. 
At one point in the centre of the Allied line the 
French troops succeeded in beating the enemy back as 
far as Guise. 
The Queen of the Belgians and her three children 
arrived in England. 
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st. 
The Russians met with a check in East Prussia, but 
were successful in minor engagements in GaUcia. 
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd. 
Continuous fighting was in progress along almost the 
whole hne of battle. The British Cavalry engaged, 
with distinction, the Cavalry of the ene.my, pushed 
them back, and captured ten gims. 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, 
inflicting enormous losses and capturing 150 guns. 
Most timely and appropriate is the production of a volume entitled 
Tfar and Alien Enemies, wliich has been written bv Mr. Arthur Pago, 
and published by Messrs. Stevens and Sons, of "Chancery Lane, at 
five shillings. The book gives full information a.bout the laws affecting 
the definition of alien enemies, their state and property on land, their 
state and property at sea, the rules of contraband of war, the right of 
alien enemies to contract or trade, and the way in which war affects 
partotcrships or companies in which alien eiiemies are concerned. 
Written by a barrister-at-law who is thoroughly conversant with this 
branch of legal work, the book is a clear guide to the law on the 
Kubject, and will doubtless be found of great use by all who are in any 
way affected commercially and directly by the present colossal struggl* 
between the nations. 
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