Aug. 21-23 Battle of Mons-Charleroi. Dogged retreat of French and British in the face of the German invasion. Aug. 23 Japan declares war on Germany. Aug. 23 Tsingtau (Kiaochow) bombarded by Japanese. Aug. 25- Russians overrun Galicia. Lemberg taken (Sept. 2); Dec. 15 Przemysl besieged (Sept. 16 to Oct. 15, and again after Nov. 12). Dec. 4, Russians 3-1/2 miles from Cracow. Aug. 26 Germans destroy Louvain, in Belgium. Aug. 26 Allies conquer Togo, in Africa. Aug. 26-31 Russians defeated in battle of Tannenberg (page 85). Aug. 28 British naval victory of Helgoland Bight, in North Sea. Aug. 31 Name of St. Petersburg changed to Petrograd. Sept. 5 Great Britain, France, and Russia agree not to make peace separately. Sept. 6-10 First battle of the Marne (page 81). Sept. 7 Germans take Maubeuge, in northern France. Sept. 11 Australians take German New Guinea, etc. Sept. 12-17 Battle of the Aisne. Sept. 16 Russians driven from East Prussia. Sept. 22 Three British armored cruisers sunk by a submarine. Sept. 27 Invasion of German Southwest Africa by Gen. Botha. Oct. 9 Germans occupy Antwerp, the chief port of Belgium. Oct. 16-28 Battle of the Yser, in Flanders, Belgium. Belgians and French halt German advance. Oct. 17- Battle of Flanders, near Ypres, saving Channel ports. Nov. 15 Oct. 21-28 German armies driven back in Poland. Oct. 28- De Wet's rebellion in British South Africa. Dec. 8 Oct. 29 Turkish war ship bombards Odessa, Russia. Nov. 1 German naval victory off the coast of Chile. Nov. 3-5 Russia, France, and Great Britain declare war on Turkey. Nov. 7 Fall of Tsingtau (Kiaochow) to the Japanese and British. Nov. 10- Austrian invasion of Serbia (page 87). Dec. 14 Nov. 10 German cruiser "Emden" destroyed in Indian Ocean. Nov. 21 Basra, on Persian Gulf, occupied by British. Dec. 8 British naval victory off the Falkland Islands. Dec. 16 German warships bombard towns on east coast of England. Dec. 17 Egypt proclaimed a British protectorate, under a sultan. Dec. 24 First German air raid on England. 1915 Jan. 1- Russians attempt to cross the Carpathians. Feb. 13 Jan. 24 British naval victory of Dogger Bank, in North Sea. Jan. 25- Russians again invade East Prussia, but are defeated in Feb. 12 the battle of the Mazurian Lakes. _Jan. 28 American merchantman "William P. Frye" sunk by German cruiser._ 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" for destruction of American lives or vessels._ Feb. 10 Anglo-French squadron bombards Dardanelles forts.