Dec. 1-Germans break through Russian wing near Lodz, capturing 12,000 prisoners and 25 guns; Russians claim they have taken 50,600 Austrian prisoners in two weeks in Galicia; Austrians claim victories and capture of 35,000 Russians in Poland; Russians seize German ammunition barges on the Vistula; Servians capture 1,500 Austrians on the River Djid; Germans are suffering from the cold in Poland.

Dec. 2-Austrians take Belgrade; both sides claim victories in Poland; Russians win at Szczercow, enter Wieliczka, and occupy strong positions on the Vistula; Montenegrins repulse Austrians trying to cut them off from Servians.

Dec. 3-Germans claim capture of 100,000

Russians in battles in Poland; they attempt to flank Russian right wing; Austrians repulse assaults on Przemysl; Russians take Bartfeld; Austrians report continued victories and say that Belgrade was taken at the bayonet's point. Dec. 4-Russians win at Lodz; Germans have suffered heavy losses in Poland; Allies land troops in Montenegro.

Dec. 5-Germans, reinforced, form new battle line and move on Piotrkow, after losing heavily at Lodz.

Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lodz and

drive

wedge into Russian centre; one Przemysl fort falls; Russians shell Cracow.

Dec. 7-Russians bombard Cracow suburbs; new battle on in Poland; Russians besiege fortress of Lotzen; Germans abandon Zgier; Servians check Austrian ad

vance.

Dec. 8-Germans again in Cracow. Dec. 9-Servians recapture towns of Valjevo and Ushirza, and take many Austrian prisoners; Germans lose heavily in attack on Lowicz; Austrians defeated near Cracow; Russians claim that they have 750,000 Austrian and German prisoners in Russia. Dec. 10-Servians capture many Austrians and large stores of supplies.

Dec. 11-Three German columns repulsed in Poland; Austrians defeated north of Kesmaj and Parovnitza.

Dec. 12-Servians repulse Austrians at Kosmai; Germans occupy Przanysz, but their front line is pierced; Lodz has been evacuated by the Russians.

Dec. 13-Germans are defeated in Mlawa region; Posen prepares for a siege; Austrian right wing, driven into Bosnia by the Servians, is attacked by Montenegrins.

Dec. 14-Servians reoccupy Belgrade; Austrians reoccupy Dukla in the Carpathians and capture 9,000 Russians; Germans gain in Northern Poland.

Dec. 15-Austrians abandon Belgrade without a battle; Germans rush fresh troops to the Vistula; Austrians recross Carpathians into Galicia and drive Russian left back toward the San River.

Dec. 16-King Peter enters Belgrade at head of an army; Servian General Staff announces that country is free of invaders; Russians have new army in Warsaw. Dec. 17-Germans report Russian offensive against Silesia and Posen to be completely broken; battle at Sochaczew; Austrians have success in West Galicia.

Dec. 18-Russians admit falling back and shifting battle lines, but they deny defeat; Russians win in Galicia between Sanok and Lisko; Austrians announce capture of Piotrkow and Przedborz.

Dec. 19-Germans capture Lowicz; battle on the Bzura; fighting in Galicia; Russians hold lines on Dunajec River against spirited attacks; Austria claims to hold all West Galicia.

Dec. 20-Von Hindenburg follows up his success at Lowicz; German wedge driven further toward Warsaw; Russians cross the Bzura and destroy bridges behind them; Death's Head Hussars reported as having been caught in a Russian trap and almost annihilated; Servians and Montenegrins again invade Bosnia.

Dec. 21-Russians claim that Germans are being pursued into German territory; both sides claim advantages in Poland. Dec. 22-Russian Army menaces Thorn-Allenstein-Insterburg railroad; Germans reform to protect it; von Hindenburg's left threatened by a new invasion of Germany; Germans cross branches of Bzura and Rawka Rivers; Austrians are defeated in the Carpathians.

Dec. 23-Austrians defeated in Carpathians and Southern Galicia.

Dec. 25-Movement of civilians to interior of East Prussia.

Dec. 26-Russians gain in south. Dec. 28-Russians have raised the siege of Cracow to shatter Austrian armies attempting flank movement; Russians believe German attack on Warsaw has been checked.

Dec. 30-Germans retreat over the Bzura; Russians advance in South Poland. Dec. 31-Germans claim to have taken 136,000 prisoners, 100 cannon, and 300 machine guns in Poland since November; reports from Petrograd state that the Germans lost 200,000 men at the Bzura.

Jan. 1-Russians invade Hungary; Germans in Poland move south; Austrian Army split by Russian operations in Carpathian region.

Jan. 2-Germans commence offensive movement against Kielce; Germans fortify captured Polish towns.

Jan. 3-Germans capture Bolimow; German advance on Kielce fails, as well as German advance between Bzura and Rawka Rivers; Russians take thousands of Austrian prisoners and sweep through Bukowina; Germans rush to defend Cracow. Jan. 4-Russians occupy Suczawa; Cracow again threatened.

Jan. 5-Russians defeat Austrians in Uzsok Pass and prepare to invade Transylvania; Germans renew activities along the Vistula.

Jan. 6-New Russian army to take offensive against Germans at Mlawa; rain is interfering with many field operations; Germans help Austrians check advance against Cracow.

Jan. 7-Mud is hampering Germans. CAMPAIGN IN WESTERN EUROPE Oct. 16-Germans occupy Ostend; battle line reaches the sea; Ailies gain near Lille; French are near Metz; Allies check Germans in attempt to reach Dunkirk.

Oct. 17-Germans advancing again on Dunkirk; sharp fighting in Alsace; British take Fromelles; Allies take Fleurbaix and claim gains on line from Ypres Canal to the sea.

Oct. 18-Announcmeent that Allies' left has pushed forward thirty miles; they retake Armentières; battle near Nieuport; Belgians repulse German attacks at River Yser; French repulse attack on St. Die and cut railroad in Alsace; Germans evacuate Courtrai; German forces in Bruges move toward French frontier.

Oct. 19-Allies advance between Nieuport and Dixmude; fighting from Ostend to Lille.

Oct. 20-Germans gain near Lille; Allies report recapture of Bruges.

Oct. 21-Allies repulse German attacks at Nieuport, Dixmude, and La Bassée; heavy fighting on the Yser; Germans gain near Lille,

Oct. 22 Baffling on the coast; Allies helped by their fleets; cavalry battle at Lille. Oct. 23 Goman right wing reinforced and gains ground at La Bassée; Allies gain near Armentières; French retake Altkirch; heavy fighting between the Ghent-Bruges line and Roulers,

near

Oct, 24 french gain at Nieuport, but lose ground near Dixmude and La Bassée; desperate fighting along Yser Canal. Oct. 25 Germans cross Yser Canal Dixmude; Allies press Germans at Ostend; French gain near Lille and they claim command of German line of communica tion near St. Mihiel; battle at Nieuport. Oct. 26 -German advance checked on the Yser; fighting at Nieuport.

Oct. 27--Allies capture Thourout; fierce fighting on the Yser Canal; Allies claim that Germans have been driven across the eastern frontier near Nancy. Oct. 28--Allies repulse night attack

near

Dixmude; they make gains in Ypres region and between La Bassée and Lens. Oct. 29-Allies gain near Ostend; Germans gain west of Lille and southwest of Verdun: Germans dig intrenchments near Thielt.

Oct. 30-Belgians flood lower valley of the
Yser River and compel Germans to with-
draw; Germans gain in Argonne region.
Oct. 31-Allies yield ground in Belgium;
Germans take two towns south of Ypres;
they have success near Soissons; fighting
around Verdun.

Nov. 1-Germans reinforced in Belgium;
their advance made difficult by floods
along the Yser; Allies take Mariakerke
and are near Ostend; Allies cross the
Yperlee and occupy Bixschoote.
Nov. 2-Germans, reinforced, capture Mes-
sines; French gain at several points in
advance to Ostend: Allies take Ramsca-
pelle with the bayonet.

Nov. 3-Germans are being flooded out of
the Yser region; they capture men and
guns east of Soissons and gain ground
east of Vailly; Allies check Germans in
Argonne region; Belgians trap Germans
by ruse at Furnes.

Nov. 4 Germans lose along the Yser and shift their line for a new attack; they repulse Allies south of Verdun and in the Vosges; they gain near Vailly; British and Germans have battled for three days in Ypres region; Germans suffer much in flooded trenches.

Nov. 5-Germans repulsed at Arras; Allies lose, then retake trenches; Germans, stated to have been watched by the Kaiser, beaten at Armentières; Germans gain in Argonne region and in the Vosges; Belgians report progress.

Nov. 6-Allies retake Soupir; they capture German trenches on the Meuse and east of Verdun; battle raging around Ypres ; French trap Germans in Arras.

Nov. 7-Battling from the sea to Alsace;

Allies recapture lost trenches in centre and take St. Remi; Germans gain southwest of Ypres; Germans set up guns at Ostend.

Nov. 8-Allies gain plateau of Vregny; fighting centres at Ypres; Germans continue attacks between North Sea and the Lys; they gain in Argonne region; Belgians gain at Dixmude and Ypres.

Nov. 9-Germans renew attacks at Ypres and Dixmude; Ypres in flames; fighting on the Aisne.

Nov. 10-Allies advance between Ypres and Armentières and between Rheims and Berry-au-Bac.

Nov. 11-Germans capture Dixmude, cross Yser Canal, capture first line of Allies position west of Langemarck, and drive them out of St. Eloi; Allies reoccupy Lombaertzyde and repulse attacks near the coast.

Nov. 12-Both sides claim successes on the

diers feast and get many gifts from home; in some instances Allies and Germans exchange gifts and visits.

Dec. 26-Fog halts fighting in Flanders. Dec. 27-Germans pushing preparations for defense of Antwerp.

Dec. 28-New Paris defenses are completed; the Rhine is being additionally fortified. Dec. 29-Germans reinforce line in Belgium. Dec. 31-Lull in the fighting on most of the front in Flanders and France; French take half of the village of Steinbach, Upper Alsace, which is of strategic importance.

Jan. 3-French gain near Rheims and St.
Mihiel, but are repulsed near St. Mene-
hould; floods hinder fighting; conditions
in Yser trenches are very bad.
Jan. 4-Germans admit loss of Steinbach.
Jan. 5-Germans are moving big guns from
Ostend; French press on toward Cernay.
Jan. 6-French make further progress at St.
Mihiel; bombardment of Furnes necessi-
tates shifting of Belgian headquarters.
Jan. 7-French make progress in direction of
Altkirch.

CAMPAIGN IN FAR EAST

Oct. 30-Japanese attack Germans at Tsingtau; Indian troops aid Japanese. Nov. 1-Desperate fighting at Tsing-tau; city is in flames.

Nov. 4-Japanese capture German guns and 800 prisoners at Tsing-tau.

Nov. 6-Germans surrender Tsing-tau fortress.

Nov. 7-Formal capitaulation of Tsing-tau; Japanese will administer city.

CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA

Oct. 28-Belgians defeat Germans on Lake Tanganyika.

Oct. 29-Allies take Edoa.

Nov. 4-Germans defeat British in German East Africa.

Nov. 7-Belgians aid British forces in the

Congo.

Nov. 23-British defeated in attack on German railway terminus in East Africa. Nov. 27-Maritz, Union of South Africa revolutionist, defeated.

Dec. 10-Governor General Lord Buxton says that the revolution in the Union of South Africa is ended and reports capture of 7,000 rebels.

Dec. 23-Portuguese retreat before Germans in Angola.

CAMPAIGN IN ASIA MINOR AND EGYPT

Oct. 29-Turkey begins war with Russia by bombarding Odessa from the sea. Nov. 2-Russians and Turks are fighting

near Trebizond.

Nov. 3-Turks claim victory over Russians in Armenia; German officers are with camel corps on Turkish-Egyptian f 1tier; Suez Canal threatened.

Nov. 4-Russia begins invasion of Armenia. Nov. 5-England and France declare war on Turkey; Russians seize Armenian towns; Turks have successes in Kara-Killissa and Tehan districts; England annexes the Island of Cyprus; German officer sentenced to life imprisonment by Egyptian police for having plans to dynamite Suez Canal.

Nov. 6-Armenians besiege town of Van. Nov. 7-Russians have successes northeast of Kara-Killissa.

Nov. 8-Russians take Keprekioi in Armenia and hold road to Erzerum. Nov. 9-Russians take Turkish fort near Erzerum and pursue Kurdish cavalry; Russians win at Kohrikoi on River Araxes.

Nov. 10-France, England, Russia, Belgium, and Servia issue a formal declaration of war against Turkey; both sides claim victories in Erzerum region.

Nov. 13-Russians advance on Erzerum from three directions; Turks fail in flank attack.

Nov. 14-Russians rout Kurds in cavalry battle in Armenia; Turks have success on Caucasian border.

Nov. 15-Turks occupy Persian town of Kotur; British troops land in Basra Province; Indian troops, aided by British cruiser, occupy Turba, Arabia.

Nov. 16-Russians defeated near Koprukeui;
British take Turkish camp at Fao.
Nov. 17-Russians checked near Fao; Turks
Occupy Duzkeuy.

Nov. 19-Russians defeat Kurds in Persian Armenia; fighting near Urumiah; British success in Arabia.

Nov. 22-Turks win near Port Said and reach Suez Canal; Russians gain near Juzveran.

Nov 23-British defeat Turks near Persian

Gulf.

Nov. 24-Russians defeat Turks in Armenia. 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 Shiites, 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 Canal. 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 cap-
ture Izzet Pasha.

Jan. 7-Turks occupy Urumiah.

NAVAL RECORD

Oct. 16-British cruiser Hawke sunk by German submarine U-9; British tramp steamship Induna sunk by Germans; British steamer Guendolen fires on German ship on Lake Nyassa; British and Japanese warships 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 battleship Triumph damaged at Tsing-tau; Japanese cruiser Takachiho sunk by German submarine S-90 in KiaoChau Bay; British fleet helps to repel German land attacks between Nieuport and Dixmude; Austrian submarine sunk in Adriatic by French cruiser. Oct. 20-German warships sink British submarine E-3; British gunboats fight German submarines and coast batteries; Japanese fleet takes islands of Marianne group; two German ships sunk at Jaluit; British steamer Giltera sunk by German submarine off Norwegian coast. Oct. 21-British monitors Severn and Mersey

shell German right flank; Cattaro again bombarded by French fleet, attack of Austrian submarines being repulsed; German cruiser Emdem sinks five British steamships and captures a sixth in Indian Ocean; British steamer Cormorant sunk.

Oct. 22-British torpedo boat damaged by German artillery fire off Nieuport; French ships aid British in bombardment near Ostend; British auxiliary cruiser Carmania damaged.

Oct. 23-Allies' squadrons seeking German cruisers Emden and Karlsruhe; Emden's activity is having a bad effect on Indian shipping; French ships aid British in shelling Belgian coast towns.

Oct. 24-British destroyer Badger sinks German submarine; Ostend bombarded by French warships.

Oct. 25-Japanese sink German cruiser Aeolius off Honolulu.

Oct. 26-Vessel containing French and Belgian refugees sunk near Calais, probably by a mine, the passengers being rescued by a British ship; Germans claim that the British ships have been driven back from the Belgian coast.

Oct. 27-Germans lay mines off Irish coast; British freighter Manchester Commerce sunk; Germany demands that China release shipwrecked sailors of submarine S-90, which was destroyed by the Germans when being pursued by Japanese. Oct. 28-Emden sinks Japanese steamer; Japanese cruiser Chitose repulses attack by two German warships.

Oct. 29-Emden, flying the Japanese flag, enters Penang Harbor and sinks Russian cruiser Jemtchug and a French destroyer; Turkish warships shell Theodosia and sink two Russian steamers; British vessels slightly damaged off Belgian coast, with ten men killed; Swedish steamer Ornen and two British fishing boats sunk by mine in North Sea; British sink German steamer in the Adriatic.

Oct. 30-Russian and Turkish fleets in battle in the Black Sea; Turkish torpedo boats bombard Odessa, sinking Russian gunboat Donets, three Russian liners, and French steamer Portugal.

Oct. 31-Japanese and British warships attack Tsing-tau; German submarine sinks British cruiser Hermes in Strait of Dover; Turkish cruiser bombards Sebastopol; Russian fleet attacks Turkish fleet near Sebastopol.

Nov. 1-German squadron under Admiral von Spee defeats British squadron under Rear Admiral Cradock off Coronel, Chile; British flagship Good Hope and the cruiser Monmouth go down with all on board; Germans suffer but slightly; shelling of allied fleets sets fire to Tsingtau.

Nov. 2-Turkish (formerly German) cruiser Goeben damaged by fire from Russian forts; British ship scuttled in Black Sea; Turkish commander sinks his ship to prevent capture; Germans blockade coast of Asiatic Turkey with mines; captures British steamers Hurtsdale, and Glanton.

Karlsruhe Vandyck,

Nov. 3-Anglo-French squadron bombards the Dardanelles forts; British cruiser Minerva bombards Akabah, Arabia, and sailors occupy the town; British submarine D-5 sunk by mine in North Sea. Nov. 4-Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth sunk by Germans to prevent seizure; Anglo-French fleet continues bombardment of Dardanelles forts; German warships seen off coast of England; German cruiser Yorck sunk by mine in Jade Bay.

Nov. 5-British tow German sailing ship into Queenstown, the Captain not having heard of the war; British mine sweeper Mary sunk in North Sea. Nov. 6-British ships shell Belgian coast;

Turks bombard Batum; British warship damaged while shelling Dardanelles forts. Nov. 7-Japanese squadron searches for German squadron in the Pacific: Russians bombard Turkish Black Sea ports.