12. Declaration of war by Great Britain on Austria-Hungary. Proclamation under Defence of the Realm Act, establishing a kind of martial law in Great Britain.
—Announcement that Turkey had purchased the German warships Goeben and Breslau.
14. The Austrian Lloyd liner Baron Gautsch struck a mine off Lussin, Dalmatia, and sank; 150 persons drowned.
15. The Panama Canal formally opened.
—Proclamation by Grand Duke Nicolas of Russia to Poles. (See For. Hist., Chap. III.)
16. Japanese ultimatum to Germany.
—Arrival at Avonmouth of General Huerta, ex-President of Mexico. Entry of the Carranzist General Obregon into Mexico City.
17. The Belgian Court and Government removed from Brussels to Antwerp.
—French Fleet cleared Adriatic up to Cattaro.
18. Germans entered Tirlemont.