Aug. 15—­Japanese Navy sails to join British fleet; Triple Entente demands that Turkey repatriate crews of German cruisers; Austrian liner blown up by mine in the Adriatic; British capture Austrian liner Marienbad; German steamer W.W.  Schneefels brought to Gibraltar as war prize.

Aug. 16—­French fleet said to have sunk two Austrian ships in the Adriatic.

Aug. 17—­German dreadnought said to be damaged in Norwegian port; French sink Austrian cruiser in the Adriatic; German cruiser Karlsruhe said to have sunk four British merchantmen; British cruisers capture Hamburg-American liners Cap Ortegal and Santa Catharina.

Aug. 18—­Two German cruisers captured and taken to Hongkong; fight between British and German patrol fleets.

Aug. 20—­British steamer Hostilius captured by German cruiser Dresden; German fleet said to have shelled three Russian ports.

Aug. 21—­British and French warships and Montenegrin batteries bombard Cattaro; two German Hansa liners seized at Bombay and Hamburg-American ship at Rangoon.

Aug. 22—­Steamers Maryland and Broberg sunk by mines in North Sea; two Dutch steamers reported sunk; German cruiser Dresden sinks British steamer Hyades; British cruiser Glasgow captures German ship Santa Kathina; French capture German four-master and Austrian steamer; account made public of sinking of Austrian battleship Zrinyi.

Aug. 23—­Anglo-French fleets destroy Austrian cruiser Zenta and bombard Cattaro; Dutch steamer Alcor blown up by Russians to block Hango harbor; report that French, English, and Russian vessels are aiding Japan to blockade Kiao-Chau.

Aug. 24—­Japanese fleet has begun bombardment of Tsing-tau; Cattaro badly damaged by British and French fleets.

Aug. 25—­German steamer Elizabeth sunk.

Aug. 26—­British defeated in battle with German torpedo boat off
Kiao-Chau.

Aug. 27—­British cruiser Highflyer sinks Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse;
British marines occupy Ostend; German cruiser Magdeburg sunk in Gulf of
Finland; mines in North Sea sink a Danish and a Norwegian steamer;
Japanese bombard island near Kiao-Chau and blockade port.

Aug. 28—­British fleet sinks two German cruisers, sets fire to third, and sinks two torpedo boats off Heligoland; Germans fire at Japanese fleet near Kiao-Chau; Austrian destroyer sunk by British off Corfu; British cruiser Welland sinks German torpedo destroyer; other German ships captured; six vessels blown up in North Sea by mines; Russians capture crew of German cruiser Magdeburg.

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.