Aug. 26--Russians severely defeated at Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia.

Aug. 28--British naval victory in Helgoland Bight.

Aug. 31--Allies' line along the Seine, Marne and Meuse rivers.

Aug. 31--Name St. Petersburg changed to Petrograd by Russian decree.

Sept. 3--French Government removed (temporarily) from Paris to Bordeaux.

Sept. 5--Great Britain, France and Russia sign a treaty not to make peace separately.

Sept. 6-10--First Battle of the Marne. Germans reach the extreme point of their advance; driven back by the French from the Marne to the River Aisne.

Sept. 7--Germans take Maubeuge.

Sept. 11--An Australian expedition captures New Guinea and the Bismark Archipelago Protectorate.

Sept. 16--Russians under Gen. Rennenkampf driven from East Prussia.

Sept. 22--Three British armored cruisers sunk by a submarine.

Sept. 27--Successful invasion of German Southwest Africa by Gen. Botha.

Oct. 9--Germans occupy Antwerp.

Oct. 13--Belgian Government withdraws to Le Havre, in France. Germans occupy Ghent.

Oct. 16-28--Battle of the Yser, in Flanders. Belgians and French halt German advance.

Oct. 17-Nov. 17--French, Belgians and British repulse German drive in first battle of Ypres, saving Channel ports (decisive day of battle, Oct. 31).

Oct. 21-28--German armies driven back in Poland.

Oct. 28--De Wet's Rebellion in South Africa.

Nov. 1--German naval victory in the Pacific off the coast of Chile.

Nov. 3--German naval raid into English waters.

Nov. 5--Great Britain declared war on Turkey; Cyprus annexed.

Nov. 7--Fall of Tsingtau to the j.a.panese.

Nov. 10-Dec. 14--Austrian invasion of Serbia (Belgrade taken Dec. 2, recaptured by Serbians Dec. 14).

Nov. 10--German cruiser "Emden" caught and destroyed at Cocos Island.

Nov. 21--Basra, on Persian Gulf, occupied by British.

Dec. 8--British naval victory off the Falkland Islands.

Dec. 8--South African rebellion collapses.

Dec. 9--French Government returned to Paris.

Dec. 16--German warships bombarded West Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby.

Dec. 17--Egypt proclaimed a British Protectorate, and a new ruler appointed with t.i.tle of sultan.

Dec. 24--First German air raid on England.

1915.

Jan. 1-Feb. 15--Russians attempt to cross the Carpathians.

Jan. 24--British naval victory in North Sea off Dogger Bank.

Jan. 25--Second Russian invasion of East Prussia.

Jan. 28--American merchantman "William P. Frye" sunk by German cruiser "Prinz Eitel Friedrich."

Feb. 4--Germany's proclamation of "war zone" around the British Isles after February 18.

Feb. 10--United States note holding German Government to a "strict accountability" if any merchant vessel of the United States is destroyed or any American citizens lose their lives.

Feb. 16--Germany's reply stating "war zone" act is an act of self-defense against illegal methods employed by Great Britain in preventing commerce between Germany and neutral countries.

Feb. 18--German official "blockade" of Great Britain commenced. German submarines begin campaign of "piracy and pillage."

Feb. 19--Anglo-French squadron bombards Dardanelles.

Feb. 20--United States sends identic note to Great Britain and Germany suggesting an agreement between these two powers respecting the conduct of naval warfare.

Feb. 28--Germany's reply to identic note.

Mar. 1--Announcement of British "blockade": "Orders in Council" issued to prevent commodities of any kind from reaching or leaving Germany.

Mar. 10--British capture Neuve Chapelle.

Mar. 17--Russians captured Przemysl and strengthened their hold on the greater part of Galicia.

Mar. 28--British steamship "Falaba" attacked by submarine and sunk (111 lives lost; 1 American).

Apr. 2--Russians fighting in the Carpathians.

Apr. 8--Steamer "Harpalyce," in service of American commission for aid of Belgium, torpedoed; 15 lives lost.