H.M.S. _Gloucester_ (light cruiser) attacks and pursues the _Goeben_ and the _Breslau_ in the Mediterranean. Aug. 8 (Sat.) The French occupy Mulhausen, in Alsace. A British and French force enters Togoland (see Aug. 26). Aug. 9 (Sun.) (Heligoland ceded to Germany in 1890). British troops land in France (disembarkation completed on August 16th). German submarines attack a British light cruiser squadron: the U15 is sunk by the _Birmingham_. Aug. 10 (Mon.) France declares war on Austria. The French evacuate Mulhausen, and retire in Alsace, but gain successes in the Vosges. Austria invades Russian Poland. The _Goeben_ and the _Breslau_ reach the Dardanelles. Aug. 11 (Tues.) The Belgian army is defeated and falls back before the Germans. A German reverse at Spincourt, in Lorraine. Aug. 12 (Wed.) Great Britain declares war on Austria. Serbia invades Bosnia. Aug. 13 (Thur.) Austria invades Serbia (see Aug. 25). Dar-es-Salaam (German East Africa) is shelled and raided by the British cruisers _Astræa_ and _Pegasus_. Aug. 14 (Fri.) A Russian proclamation guarantees autonomy to Poland. The Russians defeat the Austrians at Sokal. Aug. 15 (Sat.) Japan delivers an ultimatum to Germany, demanding the evacuation of Kiao-Chau. The last Liége forts are reduced. East Africa:--The Germans occupy Taveta. Aug. 16 (Sun.) The disembarkation in France of the original British Expeditionary Force is completed, with Sir John French in supreme command (see Dec. 15, 1915), the First Corps being commanded by Sir D. Haig, the Second Corps by Sir James Grierson (see Aug. 17). The Austrians capture Shabatz from the Serbians. The Austrian light cruiser _Zenta_ is sunk during a sweep up the Adriatic by the Allied Fleets. Aug. 17 (Mon.) Death of Lieut.-General Sir James Grierson: he is succeeded in command of the British Second Corps by Sir H. Smith-Dorrien. The Germans advance in Belgium: Tirlemont and Louvain are captured. The Belgian Government moves to Antwerp. The Serbians attack on the Jardar (the Battle of the Jardar, which leads to the expulsion of the Austrians from Serbian territory). Aug. 18 (Tues.) Gravelotte, 1870. The French advance in Lorraine culminates in the capture of Saarburg on the Metz-Strasbourg Railway. Aug. 19 (Wed.) The Belgians retire on Antwerp. Alsace:--Mulhausen is again taken by the French (see Aug. 10, 25). The Battle of the Jardar ends in a complete victory for the Serbians (see Aug. 17). Aug. 20 (Thur.) The Germans enter Brussels. They bombard Namur. The French retire before a German counter-offensive in Lorraine. A Russian victory at Gumbinnen (East Prussia), which leads to the retirement of the Germans on Königsberg, and to the appointment of Hindenburg to High Command (see Aug. 22). Aug. 21 (Fri.) The forts of Namur are silenced. The Battle of Charleroi (east of Mons) begins (see Aug. 23). South Africa:--German patrols cross into Union territory near Nakob. Aug. 22 (Sat.)