A WORLD IN ARMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 85, 12 April 1917, Page 2

A WORLD IN ARMS.

DATES OF DECLARATIONS OF

WAR

Following is a list of all the formal declarations of war in the present conflict, with their dates; also the dates of the more impoitant cases in which hostilities began without formal notice. Official announcements of a state of war, as in the case of Russia and Bulgaria, are treated as equivalent to formal declarations of war: — 1914. July 28—Austria v. Serbia. August I—Germany v. Russia. August 3—Germany v. France. August 4—Germany v. Belgium. August 4—'Trance v. Germany. August 4—Great Britain v. Germany. August 6—Austria v. Russia. August 7—Montenegro v. Austria. August 10—France v. Austria. August .10:—Austria v. France. August 12—Great Britain v. Austria. August 12—Montencgo v. Germany. August 23—Japan v. Germany. August 25—Austria v. Japan. August 23—Austria v. Belgium. . October 29—* Turkey v. Russia. November 2—llussia v. Turkey. Nov. s—Great Britain y. Turkey. November s —France v. Turkey. November 7—Belgium v. Turkey. November 7—Serbia v. Turkey. November 10—Montenegro v. Turkey 1915. .. ' May 23—Italy v. Austria. June 3—San Marino v. Austria. August 20—Italy y. Turkey. ' October 7—Russia v. Bulgaria. October 14—Bulgaria v. Serbia. Oct. 14—Great Britain v. Bulgaria. October 16—Bulgaria, v. Russia. October 16—France v. Bulgaria. October 18—Italy v. Bulgaria. . October 18—Montenegro v. Bulgaria! ' 1916. March 9—^Germany v. Portugal. March 10—Portugal- v. Germany. March 16—* Austria v. Pdrtugal,_, August. 28—Italy v. Germany. * August 28—Roumania v. Austria.^ August 28—Germany y. Roumanian August 30—fRoumania v. Bulgaria. August,3l Turkey v. Roumania. , September I—Bulgaria v. Roumania. ,1917. :' > . April 6—United States v. Germany. *Began hostilities' without formal declaration. tUltimatum.