Part 39 (1/2)

Nov. 26--Turkish advance checked in Armenia.

Nov. 28--Fierce fighting in the Caucasus; Enver Bey starts for Egypt.

Dec. 6--Turks occupy Keda.

Dec. 8--Turks defeated near Batum.

Dec. 9--Turks at Kurna surrender to Indian troops.

Dec. 10--British take 1,100 Turkish prisoners and nine guns.

Dec. 11--Sheik Kiazim, Chief of the s.h.i.+tes, proclaims a holy war; Turks report occupation of Geda.

Dec. 15--Senussi tribesmen threaten Egypt.

Dec. 18--Turks reinforced in Asia Minor.

Dec. 20--Turks gain near Lake Urumiah.

Dec. 21--Russians win in Armenia--Turks lose equipment.

Dec. 22--Arabs menace Christians in Hodeida; French Consul is seized.

Dec. 23--Turkish Army leaves Damascus and marches toward Suez Ca.n.a.l.

Dec. 25--Russo-Turkish operations stopped by cold.

Jan. 1--Turks invade Russia but fail to envelop Russian forces.

Jan. 2--Turks penetrate into the Russian Caucasus and occupy Ardahan.

Jan. 4--Turks ravage Persian territory.

Jan. 5--Russians rout Turkish columns at Ardahan and Sari-Kamysh; Russians capture Izzet Pasha.

Jan. 7--Turks occupy Urumiah.

NAVAL RECORD.

Oct. 16--British cruiser Hawke sunk by German submarine U-9; British tramp steams.h.i.+p Induna sunk by Germans; British steamer Guendolen fires on German s.h.i.+p on Lake Nya.s.sa; British and j.a.panese wars.h.i.+ps bombard fort near Tsing-tau.

Oct. 17--British squadron, led by the Undaunted, sinks four German torpedo-boat destroyers off Dutch coast; allied fleets bombard Cattaro.

Oct. 19--British battles.h.i.+p Triumph damaged at Tsing-tau; j.a.panese cruiser Takachiho sunk by German submarine S-90 in Kiao-Chau Bay; British fleet helps to repel German land attacks between Nieuport and Dixmude; Austrian submarine sunk in Adriatic by French cruiser.

Oct. 20--German wars.h.i.+ps sink British submarine E-3; British gunboats fight German submarines and coast batteries; j.a.panese fleet takes islands of Marianne group; two German s.h.i.+ps sunk at Jaluit; British steamer Giltera sunk by German submarine off Norwegian coast.

Oct. 21--British monitors Severn and Mersey sh.e.l.l German right flank; Cattaro again bombarded by French fleet, attack of Austrian submarines being repulsed; German cruiser Emden sinks five British steams.h.i.+ps and captures a sixth in Indian Ocean; British steamer Cormorant sunk.