April 10, 1915. 
LAND AND .WATER. 
the Germana retired at full sj.cod, and, favoured hy the mist, suc- 
ceeded in making good their escape. ^ r) -j- i 
December 17iu.— Great Britain proclaimed hgypt a BritisU pro 
jfcectorate. , , , u • i 
Deceheer 24th.— a German aeroplane dropped a bomb into ft 
garden at Dover, doing no greit damage and causing no casualties. 
December 25th.— A German aeroplane ilew over Sbceiness. i ur- 
eued by three British machines and fired on by anti-aircraft guns, it 
made off towards the East Coast. 
British cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and seaplanes made a com- 
bined raid on German warships lying in the roads off Cu.xhavcn. Oar 
ehips, -nhile standing by to pick up the seaplanes, were themselves 
atUcked by enemy Zeppelin.", seaplanes, and submarines. They beat 
off the attack and succeeded in picking up three out of the seven 
airmen with their machines. Throe other pilots who returned later 
•were picked up, according to arrangement, by British submarines 
wliich were standing by. their machines being sunk. The extent of 
the damage by the British airmen's bombs cannot be estimated, but 
all were discharged on points of military significance. 
Jaku.^ry 19tu.— German aircraft raided the East Coast in the 
evening and dropped bombs on Yarmouth. 
January 24th.— Early in the morning a British patrolling squadron 
•it.'hted three German battle-cruisers and an armoured cruiser, the 
Blucher, steering westwards. The German warships turned and made 
for home, but were brought to action. The Dliichcr was sunk, and 
two other German battle-cruisers were seriously damaged. 
FEBRUAnY 2nd.— The Turks attempted to cross the Suez Canal near 
Tossuni. , , 
They were allowed to bring their bridging material to the bans 
nnmolcated. When the bridging operations bad actually started w« 
Bltacked them. Our attack was completely enccessful. Ihe enemy 
(led in disorder, leaving the whole of the bridging material m our 
hands, and some of the enemy were drowned in the Canal. 
The enemy also attacked us on the El Kantara front, but were 
ea«ily repulsed. 
FBBnr\--iY 9rn.— In the Black Sea Russian cruisers bombarded a 
Tuikish battery near Trebizond and sank a steamer with lier cargo, 
and the Turkish cruiser Breslau bombarded Yalta. 
The Wilbclmina, tho United Slates ship laden with food for 
Ceimmy, arrived at Falmouth. 
FEBurARY lliH.— The Russians fell back from the line of the 
Masurian Ijakcs towards their frontier. 
Febuu\tiy 12rH.— Thirty-four British aeroplanes and seaplan-s 
made a raid on tho Belgian coast; considerable damage wiw done to 
the enemy's bases and establishments. 
Fedruaby 16ih.— Forty British aeroplane* and seaplanes, assisted 
by eigiit French aeroplanes, dropped bombs on Ostend, Middlekerke, 
Ghistclles, and Zeebrugge. 
Febbu.vby 17th.— a Zeppelin was wrecked on the Danish wland of 
""^EBEUABI lara.— In Lorraine the French carried the village of 
Korroy. 
Another Zeppelin was wrecked off the Danish coast. 
February 19th.— The Austrian Array occupied Czernowitz, the 
Russians falling back beyond the Pruth. 
A British fleet of batUe.Thips and battle cruisers, and aided by a 
strong French squadron, the whole under the command of V ice-Admiral 
Backxille H. Garden, began an attack upon the forts at the entrance to 
the Dardanelles. The foHs on the European side were silenced. 
Februaht 21st.— a German aeroplane visited Esaex and dropped 
bombs on Colchester, Braintree, and Coggcshall. 
The French torpedo-boat Dagiit; struck a mine at Antivari and 
'^'^Febbuaht 25th.— All the forts at the entrance of the Dardanelles 
were successfully reduced. ,. . , , ■ , i j c 
February 26rH.— Great BriUin formally declared a blockade of 
German East Africa. 
The Germans retired along the whole front in the Przasnysz region. 
FEBRUARY 28th.— The Vacia was arrested in the Channel by a 
French cruiser and conducted to Brest. tt™.. „» 
March 1st —The Prime Minister announced to the llonse oi 
Commons that commodities of any kind were to be prevented, by 
means of the Allied Fleets, from reaching or leaving the German 
*^'"'''rhe Russian Army concluded the operations round Przasnysz, 
where they defeated two army corps and drove them back to tho 
^"'"MrRCH 2ND.-The captain of the British collier Tkorad!> repoited 
ramminc and sinking a. German submarine oR Beachy ileaa. 
MaLh 3RD.-Operations in the Dardanelles were resumed and moxe 
'"'%URcy'4TO':-Tbe .German submari.« V8 was sunk off Dover by 
deslrovers, her crew being saved. , ., t i 
The Rus^ans re-entered St^nis'au and cross^l the Lukwa 
March 6th.-A squadron of battleships and cruisers under the 
r'™™,„J„r in riiief East Indies, began the bombardment of bmyrna. 
^ Marc^ 8th -4 aerojbnc^of The Naval Wing, under Wing-Com- 
mander Sn-roire, cairicd out an air attack on Ostend Bombs were 
Zppc^ on tlTe submarine base and on tie Kursaal, the headqnarter* 
"* * MA^cnTH.-In the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd George brought 
In a stu to enable the Government to take over any factory or work- 
«lion in which war material could be produced. . 
'^^R^Hl(hH.- British troops, supported by French artiUery, carried 
the vm^e of Neuve Chapclle, and advanced north-east and southeast 
*^ ''i-he German losses were very heavy, and 1,000 prisoners and some 
machiiie-cjns were captured. ,1.1.11 
The German submarine Uli was rammed and sunk by the destroyer 
Ari^J. Ten of the crew of twenty-eight were saved. 
M\Rch llTH.— a British air squadron bombarded Wcstende, and 
British aviators succeeded in destroying the railway junctions at Oour- 
"■^'•rhe Or''.man au^ilia.■y cruiser Prince FAtd Frledrkh arrived at 
Newport News with the crews of rc«eel9 sunk by her. 
if .M. auiiliary cruiser Batjuno was torpedoed in the * nth of Cl.^ de. 
M^rch 12th.— Tho British troops cnptnred the village T.'Kiiinette 
and gained possession of part of the German hnes near lietre, 
caiitiiring aboLit 400 prisoners. , , r 
March 13th.— Tho British troops crossed the brook of leaves, 
which runs parallel to the road from Neuve Chapelle to Fleiirbai.x, and 
between this road and Aubcrs they captured several trenches. 
iVL4KCU 14th.— H.M.S. Olas<jo-ji and H.M.S. Kent sank the Dresden 
near Juan Fcniandez Island. , ■ 1 .» 
MAnru 15th.— The British Army, which the German attack hart 
compelled to fall back beyond St. E!oi, recaptured the village and 
almost the whole of the neighbouring trenches, in spito of several 
counter-attacks by the enemy. 
March 17th.— The French troops continued to make progress m tlie 
region of Perthes. 
March 18th.— Russian troops reached Mcmel, after crossing the 
frontier near Gor.shdy and beating the German forces, capturing gome 
machine-guns and motor-cars laden with stores. ■„ •*• 1 
After ten davs of mine-sweeping inside the Dardanelles, the British 
and French fleets'made a general attack on the fortresses at the Narrows. 
'J'hree battleships were lost in these operations by striking mines — 
the li"rench llouvet, and the Irresislibh and the Ocean. 
March 19th. — At Przeraysl the garrison made a determined sortie. 
The enemy was forced back on his own line of forts. In repulsing the 
sortie the Russian troops captured more than 4,000 prisonei-s and sixteen 
machine-guns. .,.,_., , 
.March 20Tn.— In the Vosges the Great and the Little Reicliacker- 
kopf were caotured by the enemy. 
March 21st.— Two Zeppelins attacked Paris in the early hours of 
the morning. The material darnage done was insignificant. 
Mahch 22nd.— The fortress of Przemysl surrendered to the 
Russians. , , ,, 
March 23rd.— A Turkish force, 1,000 strong, was routed near the 
Suez Canal. ' , , -j 
March 24th.— British aviators carried out a sncccssrul raid on 
German submarines being const; uctcd at Hoboken, near Antwerp. 
Mapxh 25th.- The German submarine US9 was sunk with all hands. 
Tho Russians captured an important Austrian position in the 
Lopkow Pass; 5,000 prisoners and se\eral dozen machine guns were 
March 26tit.— -French aviators bombarded the airship sheds of 
Frescaty and the station of Metz, and also the bajracks to tho east of 
Strassbourg. 
March 27ih. — In Alsace the French troops captured the summit 
of HartmannswciWrkopf. The Germans abandoned important material 
and left numerous dead on the field. 
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March 28rH.— Belgian aviators bombarded the aviation camp at 
Ghistelles. _^__^..^___^^___ 
DAY BY D.AY. 
Tviesday, March 30. 
NorUi-east of St. Mihiel, French artillery forced ihe 
eueiny to evacuate in disorder the village of Hendieourt. 
West of Bois-le-Pretre, French troops carried a line of 
trenches and captured about 100 prisoners. 
Wednesday, March 31. 
In the Argonne, the French eapturad 160 noetres of 
trenches. 
French aviators carried out a series of raids in the 
Woevre, in Champagne, in the Soissons district, and in 
Belgium. 
The British steamers Flnminlan and Crown oj Ca/tiII« 
sunk off the Scilly Isles by F;?cS'. 
'ihursday, April 1. 
British aviators made a successful raid on German sub- 
marines at Hoboken and Zeebrugge. 
In the Woevre, French troops occupied the village of 
Fey-en-Haye. 
The Russian troops captured a sei-ies of fortified height? 
on the Reskid mountains and in the direction of Chokin. 
Friday, April 2. 
The German submarine UlO destroyed three trawlers 
off the Tyne. 
On the Niemen front the Russian troops drove back the 
Germans and inflicted heavy losses. 
Bauds of Bulgarians made a raid into Serbia. Their 
attack was repulsed by a Serbian regiment, and they were 
driven from the field carrying their wounded. 
Saturday, April 3. 
lu the region of the Somme, at La Boisselle, mine war- 
fare continued with marked advantage to the French troops. 
Near Lassigny and iu Ujiper Alsace German attacks 
were repulsed. 
Sunday, April 4. 
The day was quiet on the whole westeni front except in 
the Woevre, where the progress of the French troops con- 
tinued, o 1 • 11 
On the front to the west of the Nieraen lighliuj,' aeveloped 
greatly in favour of the Russian troops. 
Mon ay, April 5. . ,. . 
The French troops captured three successive lines of 
trenches at the Bois d'Ailly, south-east of St. Mihiel. They 
also gained a footing in a portion of the enemy's works to th« 
north-east of Rt'gneville. 
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