A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War. R. P. P. Rowe
Sarykamish (see Dec. 29, 1914): the Turks are routed.
East Africa:—Jassin is occupied by the British (see Jan. 19).
H.M.S. Fox and H.M.S. Goliath bombard Dar-es-Salaam (German East Africa).
Jan. 3 (Sun.)
The Caucasus:—Ardahan is reoccupied by the Russians.
Jan. 4 (Mon.)
A Russian advance in the Bukovina begins.
Jan. 7 (Thurs.)
The Cameroons:—A German attack on Edea is repulsed.
Jan. 8 (Fri.)
The Battle of Soissons begins (see Jan. 14): the French advance.
The Caucasus:—The Battle of Kara Urgan begins (see Jan. 13).
Jan. 9 (Sat.)
Northern Persia:—The Turks capture Tabriz from the Russians (see Jan. 30).
Jan. 11 (Mon.)
A German counter-attack at Soissons is repulsed.
Jan. 12 (Tues.)
East Africa:—The Island of Mafia surrenders to the British.
Jan. 13 (Wed.)
Caucasus:—The Battle of Kara Urgan ends in a Turkish defeat (see Jan. 8).
Jan. 14 (Thur.)
The French fall back on Soissons: the end of the Battle of Soissons (see Jan. 8).
South-West Africa:—Swakopmund is occupied by Union forces.
Jan. 19 (Tues.)
The Austrian army enters Galicia.
East Africa:—Jassin is captured by the Germans (see Jan. 2).
A Zeppelin raid on Yarmouth, Cromer and King's Lynn.
Jan. 21 (Thur.)
The Germans capture the Hartmannsweilerkopf (Alsace).
Jan. 22 (Fri.)
A British air-raid on Zeebrugge.
Jan. 24 (Sun.)
South Africa:—The rebels under Maritz and Kemp are repulsed with heavy loss at Upington.
The Battle of the Dogger Bank: Beatty's squadron destroys the Blücher and damages other German warships.
Jan. 25 (Mon.)
German attacks are repulsed at Cuinchy and near Givenchy.
The German light cruiser Gazelle is torpedoed in the Baltic.
The Russians destroy a German airship over Libau.
Jan. 26 (Tues.)
The Turks advance on Egypt from Palestine.
Jan. 29 (Fri.)
The Turks occupy Katiyeh, near the Suez Canal.
Jan. 30 (Sat.)
Northern Persia:—The Russians reoccupy Tabriz (see Jan. 9).
Jan. 31 (Sun.)
Farsan Island (Red Sea) is occupied by Arab forces.
Feb. 1 (Mon.)
The British hospital ship Asturias is attacked near Havre by a German submarine.
Feb. 2 (Tues.)
The first Turkish attack on the Suez Canal.
Feb. 3 (Wed.)
The Turks are repulsed on the Suez Canal.
South Africa:—Kemp, the last rebel leader, surrenders unconditionally; this ends the rebellion (see Oct. 22, 1914).
Feb. 4 (Thur.)
The British cross the Suez Canal and pursue the Turks.
Feb. 6 (Sat.)
The Russians again advance in East Prussia.
Feb. 7 (Sun.)
The Russians retire before a German advance in East Prussia, and are driven back by the Austrians in the Bukovina.
Feb. 8 (Mon.)
South-West Africa:—General Botha sails for Walfish Bay (see July 9, 1915).
French airmen bombard Ostend.
Feb. 11 (Thur.)
A British air-raid on Zeebrugge.
Feb. 12 (Fri.)
The Germans invade Russia and take Miriampol.
The Austrians advance in the Carpathians.
Aden Protectorate is invaded by the Turks.
Feb. 14 (Sun.)
The Germans capture Lyck and again clear East Prussia.
Feb. 15 (Mon.)
Mutiny of the 5th Light Infantry at Singapore.
Feb. 16 (Tues.)
The Austrians capture Kolomea (Bukovina).
A British naval air-raid on Zeebrugge.
Feb. 17 (Wed.)
Czernowitz is recaptured by the Austrians (see Oct. 27, 1914).
Feb. 18 (Thur.)
The declaration by Germany of a submarine blockade round the British Isles comes into force.
The end of the German advance into Russia.
Feb. 19 (Fri.)
The Austrians drive the Russians out of Stanislau (see March 4).
A naval attack on the Dardanelles begins: the outer forts are bombarded until the 23rd.
Feb. 21 (Sun.)
A Zeppelin raid on Calais.
Feb. 22 (Mon.)
The Germans advance on Przasnysz (the Battle of Przasnysz).
The Turks are driven from Akaba (Red Sea).
South-West Africa:—Garub is occupied by Union troops.
Feb. 24 (Wed.)
The Germans capture Przasnysz (see Feb. 27).
Feb. 25 (Thur.)
The bombardment of the Dardanelles forts is resumed; the Queen Elizabeth comes into action.
Feb. 26 (Fri.)
The entrance to the Dardanelles is swept clear of mines.
Feb. 27 (Sat.)
Przasnysz is reoccupied by the Russians (see Feb. 24 and July 14).
Feb. 28 (Sun.)
A German retreat from North Poland begins.
A German submarine is rammed by the Thordis off Beachy Head (the first case of a submarine being rammed by a merchant ship).
Mar. 3 (Wed.)
South-West Africa:—Makob is occupied by Union forces.
Mar. 4 (Thur.)
Stanislau is recaptured by the Russians (see Feb. 19).
The Dardanelles forts are bombarded from inside the Straits.
The German submarine U8 is sunk by British destroyers near Dover.
Mar. 5 (Fri.)
The Allies bombard Smyrna.
Mar. 6 (Sat.)
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