Identifier: warineuropeitsca00john (find matches)
Title: The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931, ed
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, Sully and Kleinteich
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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^ of the governor-general of Indo-China (190 squaremiles, i^opulation about 150,000). On the evening of August 1, 1914, following the action of Ger-many in mobilizing her army against Russia, France ordered themobilizing of her own army. On August 12 she declared war onAustria-Hungary, and two days later (August 14) her troopsentered Belgium to assist in the defense of Brussels, penetrating asfar as Gembloux, north of the Sambre.
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WILLIAM (WILHELM) II German Emperor, King of Prussia. Born in Berlin, January 27, 1859. Son of tiie Emperor Frederick III and of Victoria, Sister of Edward VII. Succeeded to the Tlirone on the Death of His Father, June 15, 1888. Married, February 27, 1881, Augusta Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein 274 THE GERMAN EMPIRE 275 The German Empire—Germany, the storm-center of the war, oc-cupies the central part of Europe, having for its geographical neigh-bors Russia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxemburg,Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Within twenty-four hoursits war-ships can readi Great Britain across the Nortli Sea. Its coast-line is about 1,200 miles in length, and it has 3,500 miles of land fron-tier to guard. Southern Germany is elevated, and, in certain regions,mountainous, though the highest peak in the empire (Zugspitze, in

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