Aug. 29—Port of Cape Jaeschke blocked by Japanese warships; passenger steamer destroyed by mines near Russian port.
Aug. 30—British official account of battle off Heligoland; New Zealand expeditionary force captures Apia.
Aug. 31—German gunboat shells abandoned Japanese destroyer at Kiao-Chau.
Sept. 2—British and French ships again bombard Cattaro; steam drifter Eyrie sunk by mine in North Sea.
Sept. 4—British cruiser sinks Austrian steamer Bathori in Bay of Biscay; British gunboat Speedy sunk by mine in North Sea; British steamship Bowes Castle sunk by German cruiser off St. Lucia.
Sept. 5—German ships sink fifteen British trawlers in North Sea.
Sept. 6—Cruiser Pathfinder destroyed by mine.
Sept. 7—British submarine strikes German warships in Bremerhaven Harbor.
Sept. 10—British capture German, collier.
Sept. 11—Germans destroy Russian steamer Uleaborg.