ABSTRACT
Special Conference in St Petersburg to discuss the 'problem' of the Straits and Constantinople. British naval squadron visits Kronstadt. Assassination of Archduke Francis-Ferdinand In Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip. State visit of President Poincare to St Petersburg. Austrian ultimatunl to Serbia. Austria declares war on Serbia. Russian mobilization begins. German Ambassador Pourtales demands that Russia cease to mobilize within 12 hours or war will be declared. Germany declares war on Russia. Austria declares war on Russia. The cruisers Goben and Breslau enter the Dardanelles and are 'sold' to Turkey. Russian advance into East Prussia. Battle of Stalluponen. German (von Franc;ois) victory over Russians (von Rennenkampf). Battle of Gumbinnen (Prittwitz against Rennenkampf). Inconclusive. Prittwitz replaced by Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Battle of Tannenberg/Soldau. German (von Franc;ois) victory over Samsonov. Samsonov's army surrenders to the Germans. Samsonov commits suicide. Russians take Lemberg and push Austrians behind the Carpathians (29 Aug./11 Sept.). Battle of the Masurian Lakes. Franc;ois defeats Rennenkampf. Treaty with France and Britain. German offensive in the South-west in support of the Austrians pushes the Russians back to pre-war lines. Turks bombard Sebastopol, Odessa, Feodosia and Novorossiisk. Russia declares war on Turkey. Britain declares war on Turkey.
