Rumania, also known as Roumania and by it's present-day name, Romania, is a southeastern European country, that has borders with Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. Timeline of events (from source material contemporary with the Great War from a British perspective).
1914
10 October | Death of King Carel and accession of his nephew Ferdinand. |
1915
28 January | British loan to. |
18 March | Calls up seven classes (1909-1915). |
8 July | Austrian note to. |
4 August | Votes £4,000,000 for military purposes. |
3 September | Frontier closed / exportation of cereals forbidden. |
13–26 September | Critical relations with the Central Powers, and partial mobilisation. |
29 September | New party "Unionist Federation" is formed. |
6 October | Troops sent to Bulgarian frontier and Giurgevo is fortified. |
13 October | Interventionists urging action. M. Filipescu, leader of Unionists, makes statement. |
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