LAND AND WATER 
October 17, 1914 
ArcrsT Ifinr.-Japanes. ultimatom to Germany demanding the 
wiih.Irawal of her vessels of war from the tar Last. 
trsx 17«-The British Expeditionary Force safely landed in 
*'""The Belgian Government transferred from BruEseU to Ant^rerp. 
ArrrsT 18th -General Sir H. SmithDornen appointed to com- 
mand of L^ycTrp. of the British E.xped,t.onary Force, m 
■uccession to the late General Gricrson. 
Adgost 2(>rH.-The Servians g^iued a dec.s.ve victory over the 
Austrians near ^^habatz. 
AUGCST 2l3r."The German forces entered Brussels. 
AcorsT 22ND.-.Scrvia announces that their army had ^on a grejt 
victory on the Drina. The Austrian losses were very heavy. 
aL^-st 25nD.- Japan decbred war on Germany. . The Eu.s.an 
.rmy gained an importSint victo^- near Gumbenneo against a foico of 
leC.UCO Germans. _ , , , „ 
AcccsT 24ra.-It was annoimced tiiat Namur had faUen. 
KvcvT 27TU.-Mr. Churchill announced in,">« H°"*°i ^ vi^^ 
Geno;^ amed merchantman Kaiser VMclm der Grosu had been 
•uuk by H.M.S. Highflyer on the West Africa Coast. 
Adoust 28TH.-A concerted operation was attempted against the 
Germans in the Heligoland Bight. 
The First Light Cruiser Squadron sank the Ma<m. The tirsl 
Battlo Cru^^r Squadron sank oi.e cruiser, Koln class, and another 
Sr diMppeared in the mist, heavily on fire, and in a sinking 
""''two German destroyer, were sunk and many diraaged. The total 
British casualties amounted to sixty-nine killed and wounded. 
Lord Kitchener announced tliat " The Government have decided 
that our Army in France shall be increased bv two divisions and a 
cavalry division, besides other troops from India. 
SBrKMBEK 2-VB.-The British Cavalry engaged, with distinc- 
tion, the Cavalry of the enemy, pushed them back, and captured ten 
goni The Bussian Army completely routed four Austrian Army Corps 
near Lemberg, capturing 150 guns. 
Sepikmbeb 3rd.— The French Government moved to Bordeaux. 
Skttembeb 4-™.— The Russian Army under General Ruzsky, cap- 
tured Lemberg, and the Army of General Brassiloff took Halicz. 
pErroiBER 5rH.— The formal alliance of England, France, and 
Russia was signed in London by the representatives of the three 
Governments concerned, binding each nation to conclude peace, or 
discuss terms of peace, only in conjunction with its Allies. 
SBriEStBSR 6rH.— It was announced that the scout-cruiser Path- 
fndtT foundered on Saturday afternoon after running upon a mine. 
Settembeb 9rH.— The English Army crossed the Mame, and the 
enemy retired about twenty-five miles. 
Shtembee IItic— Our Ist Army Corps captured twelve Maxim 
guns and some prisonera, and our 2nd Army Corps took 350 prisoners 
and a battery. 
Septembeb 13th.— On the left wing the enemy continued his retreat- 
ing movement. The Belgian Army pushed forward a vigorous offensive 
to the south of Lierre. 
SEPTBMaEB 14Ta.— All day the enemy etubbornly disputed the 
passage of the Aisne by our troops, but nearly all the croserngs were 
secured by sunset. 
Sr.PTO'.sEB 15th.— The Allied troopB occupied Rheims. Six 
hundred prisoners and twelve guns were captured by the Corps on 
the right of the British. 
SKPTEMBtB 16th.— Submarine E9, Lieutenant-Commander Max 
Kennedy Horton, returned safely after having torpedoed the German 
cruiser Hda, six miles south of Heligoland. 
Skttembeb 20th. — Rheims Cathedral was bombarded. 
The British auxiliary cruiser Carmaiiia, Captain Noel Grant, Royal 
Navy, sank the Cap Trafalgar off the east coast of South America. 
Septeubeb 22kd. — H.M. ships Abouhir, Uogue, and Cressy were 
conk by submarines in the North Sea. 
September 23rd. — British aeroplanes of the Naval wing delivered 
an attack on the Zeppelin sheds at IHsseldorf . 
Settember 26Tn. — There was much activity on the part of the 
enemy all along the line. Some heavy counter-attacks were repulsed, 
and 0(Hisid«rable loss was inflicted on the enemy. 
Skftembeb 28th. — ^At certain points, notably between the Aisne 
and the Axgonne, the enemy made further violent attacks, which were 
repulsed. 
September 29th. — There was practically no change in the situation. 
The Allied left had some very heavy fighting, but they well held their 
October 1st.— The arrival of the Indian Expeditionary Force at 
Marseilles was announced. 
OcTOBEB 2xD. His Majesty's Government have authorised a mine- 
laving policy in certain areas and a system of mine-fields has been 
established and is being developed upon a considerable scale. 
OcTOBKB Sth.— In Russia, after a battle which lasted ten days, 
the Gei-man army which was operating between the front of East 
Prussia and the Niemen was beaten all along the line and retreated, 
abanaoning a considerable quantity of material. 
OcTOBEB 7in.— 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 Northern 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 LLUe and of La Bassee, and the battle proceeded 
along a hne passing through the districts of Lens, Arras, Braysur- 
Somme, Chanlues, Roye, and Lassigny. Sharp fighting took 
place in the Eoye 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 AVar Office 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 oS by the Germans 
and compelled to retire into Dutch territory, 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 
ofi and retired into the neighbourhood of Armentidres. Two 
German aeroplanes flew 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 sank in the Baltic on Sunday 
by a German submarine. 
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13th. 
The town of Lille was occupied by a German army corps. 
Between Arra.s and Albert we made marked progress. 
In the cfentre we also made progress in the neighbourhood of 
Beriy-au-Bac. 
The Austrian army corps which were beaten in Galicia 
tried to reform twenty -five miles west of Przomysl. 
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14th. 
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 Fiance. 
It was officially 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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