Aug. 16--Japan sends ultimatum to Germany demanding withdrawal of fleet in Far Eastern waters and giving up of Kiao-Chau.
Aug. 17--Official announcement that Japan's action will be limited to China Sea and to protection of her trade; ultimatum to Germany made with concurrence of England.
Aug. 18--Count Okuma emphasizes Japan's limitation of war and England reassures United States.
Aug. 19--Germany will reject Japan's demands.
Aug. 20--Kaiser orders resistance to Japan at Kiao-Chau; Japanese Foreign Office makes statement explaining ultimatum to Germany.
Aug. 22--Germany ignores Japan's demands: time limit ends, Japanese envoy ordered to leave Berlin; Japan is expected to make war move at once.
Aug. 23--Japan declares war on Germany.
Aug. 24--Germans blow up bridges to halt Japanese invasion of Kiao-Chau.
Aug. 26--War declared by Austria against Japan; British destroy German wireless and cable stations on Island of Yap.
Aug. 29--Germans lay mines at Kiao-Chau and fire at landing party at Cape Jaeschke.
Aug. 30--Japanese troops landed near Kiao-Chau; forts fire at destroyer.
Aug. 31--Japanese occupy two islands.
Sept. 2--Japan lands force at Lung-kow; German Legation protests against violation of China's neutrality.
Sept. 3--Japanese occupy seven islands near Kiao-Chau, clear waters of mines, and land more troops at Lung-kow; China protests against violation of her neutrality.
Sept. 9--Japanese advance southward in Shantung.
Sept. 14--Japanese flank Kiao-Chau.
Sept. 15--Japanese cavalry captures Chimo; vanguard of Japanese Army reaches Kiao-Chau.
Sept. 19--Japanese seize Kiao-Chau station and train and land troops at Laoshan.
Sept. 20--Japanese cavalry in clash with German outposts near Tsing-tau.
Sept. 22--Australians seize German wireless station on Island of Nauru.
Sept. 24--British troops land near Laoshan, China.
Sept. 26--Japanese advance on Fangate, where Germans hold valuable mines.
Sept. 27--Japanese defeat Germans on outskirts of Kiao-Chau; food supply in city short.
Sept. 28--Japanese approach Tsing-tau.
Sept. 29--Japanese invest Tsing-tau; Chinese blow up railroad bridges to hinder progress of Japanese troops.
Sept. 30--Germans abandon artillery as Japanese reach Lao-Che.
Oct. 1--Germans destroy railroad bridge at Ta-yu-ho.
Oct. 4--Japanese march along railroad to Wei-Hsein; one Chinese killed.
Oct. 5--Japanese repulse night attack of Germans at Tsing-tau.
Oct. 6--Germans plan to destroy Shantung Railway.
Oct. 7--Japanese seize Island of Yap; Japanese bring siege guns before Tsing-tau.
Oct. 8--German fire slackens at Tsing-tau.
Oct. 13--Arrangements made for departure of non-combatants before final attack on Kiao-Chau.
*CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA.*
Aug. 8--British seize Port Lome, Togoland.
Aug. 9--French are in Togoland.
Aug. 26--Germans surrender Togoland.
Aug. 28--German troops attack Belgian Congo.
Sept. 10--Germans defeated by British in Nyassaland.
Sept. 13--Germans occupy Karangu, British East Africa.
Sept. 15--British defeat Germans in Namaqualand.
Sept. 18--Germans defeated by garrison of seven British at Nakob.
Sept. 22--Germans repulsed in attack on fort in Voi district.
Sept. 24--Germans at Schuckmannsberg surrender to police.
Sept. 25--Australian force takes German New Guinea.
Sept. 26--French seize Coco Beach, Kamerun; British occupy Luederitz Bay; Germans raid Walfish Bay.
Sept. 28--German Congo seized by British and French.
Oct. 13--Detachment of Boers under Col. Maritz rebels because of the pro-British stand taken by the Government of South Africa; martial law proclaimed in colony; British imprison Germans in British East Africa and Germans imprison British in German East Africa.
Oct. 14--There are but few men in the Maritz rebel force; silence of Boer leaders is found disquieting in England.