31.—St. Petersburg changed to Petrograd by imperial decree.
September
3.—Paris placed in state of siege; government transferred to Bordeaux.
3.—Lemberg, Gallicia, occupied by Russians.
4.—Germans occupy Rheims.
6-10.—Battle of Marne. Von Kluck is beaten by Gen. Joffre, and the German army retreats from Paris to the Soissons-Rheims line.
10.—Emden, German cruiser, carries out raids in Bay of Bengal.
14.—French reoccupy Amiens and Rheims.
19.—British forces begin operations in Southwest Africa.
20.—Rheims cathedral shelled by Germans.