Sept. 29—­German cruiser Emden has sunk five British steamers in Gulf of Bengal and has destroyed all tank steamers at Madras; British warships bombard Tsing-tau forts.

Sept. 30—­British cruiser Cumberland captures Hamburg-American liner Arnfried and nine merchant steamers; Italian ships sunk by Austrian mines.

Oct. 1—­Account given out of bombardment of Windau by German squadron; fighting between German and Japanese warships in Kiao-Chau Harbor.

Oct. 2—­British Admiralty plans to lay mines as counterstroke to German policy; German cruisers shell Papeete, capital of French Island of Tahiti; French gunboat sinks German auxiliary ships Rhios and Itolo; German cruiser Liepzig sinks Union oil tanker Elsinore.

Oct. 3—­German cruiser Karlsruhe sinks seven British ships; British steamer Dawdon and Norwegian steamer Thomos sunk by mines; German steamer Mark bottled up in Philippine port; Italian boat sunk by Austrian mine; Japanese cruiser blown up by mine in Laoshan Bay.

Oct. 4—­Anglo-French fleet bombards Cattaro and destroys Lustica; Dutch steamer Nieuwland sunk by mine in North Sea; Rear Admiral Troubridge recalled from Mediterranean to London to explain escape of German cruisers Goeben and Breslau.

Oct. 5—­Japanese capture Jaluit Island; British grain ship sunk by mine near Dover; Japanese shells hit German gunboat Iltis in Tsing-tau Harbor.

Oct. 6—­French lay mines in Adriatic to offset similar action by Austrians.

Oct. 7—­British submarine sinks German destroyer off mouth of River Ems; six Austrian torpedo craft reported sunk by mines in the Adriatic; British trawler blown up in the North Sea.

Oct. 9—­It is announced that thirty-two German merchant ships were destroyed at Antwerp.

Oct. 10—­Japanese warships silence Iltis forts.

Oct. 11—­French fleet sinks two Austrian torpedo boats.

Oct. 12—­German submarine sinks Russian cruiser Pallada.

Oct. 13—­Russians claim that Germans lost two submarines in attack on
Pallada.

Oct. 14—­Report denied by Germans.

Oct. 15—­British cruiser Yarmouth sinks German liner Markomannia.

AERIAL RECORD.

Aug. 2—­Report that French aviators have dropped bombs on Nuernberg; German troops shoot down French aeroplanes near Wesel; report that Garros, French aviator, wrecked German airship at Longwy; French aeroplanes dispatched toward Nancy.

Aug. 3—­German airships fly over Belgium.

Aug. 5—­Duel between Belgian and German aviators; Austrians report destruction of Russian aeroplane.

Aug. 13—­German aeroplane pursued by Belgians; German aviator throws bomb on Vesoul.

Aug. 15—­Harmless bombs thrown by German aviators on Vesoul and Lure; French aviators throw bombs on Zeppelins in Metz; five men wounded in Namur by bombs thrown from German aeroplanes.

Aug. 18—­Three Zeppelins wrecked by gunfire, one by fall; German monoplane drops bombs on Luneville; German aeroplane destroyed near Samno, Russia.