n advance through Belgium and depended entirely on a vigor-ous French offensive through Alsace and Lorraine. The French counted on a substantial Russian advance early in the conflict. Britain was to offer 150,000 men. Aug. 4. In the night the Germans crossed the frontier of Belgium. Belgian resistance forced the Germans to fight the first big battle of the war: LIEGE. Aug. 14-25. BATTLE OF THE FRONTIERS (LORRAINE). The French invasion was checked almost at once and the French armies driven out of Lorraine with heavy losses. Aug. 23. BATTLE OF MONS. First contact between Germans and British. The latter were obliged to fall back with the French 5th army. Spectacular German advance, as the French and British fell back. Sept. 5-12. BATTLE OF THE MARNE. The opposing armies tried to outflank each other. Strongly urged by Gen. Joseph Gallieni (military gov-ernor of Paris), Joffre decided to order a general counter-offensive (Sept. 5) in the hope of breaking in on the right and rear of Bulow's 2nd army. Kluck's efforts to outflank the French increased the gap between the German 1st and 2nd armies. September 9, Kluck and Bulow began to fall back (oral instructions of Col. Hentsch, from German headquarters). The whole German line began to withdraw west of Verdun. Aug. 26-Sept. 13. THE EASTERN FRONT. The Russians plan of campaign, concerned primarily with Austria, concentrated on the Galician frontier. The Austrians initially won, but the Russians (Gen. Brusilov) with much larger forces began to drive back the Austrian right wing. On Sept. 13, the Russians took Lemberg and obliged the Austrians to aban-don eastern Galacia. Aug. 23-30. The Germans, however, won the decisive battles on the eastern front in 1914. At TANNENBERG, the Germans completely defeated Samsonov's army. Then at THE MASURIAN LAKES (Sept. 15), the Germans won a great follow-up victory. Russia, however, did not fall out of the war. During the winter months the fighting on the Russ...
