Nov. 10 German cruiser “Emden” destroyed in Indian Ocean.

Nov. 21 Basra, on Persian Gulf, occupied by British.

Dec. 8 British naval victory off the Falkland Islands.

Dec. 16 German warships bombard towns on east coast of England.

Dec. 17 Egypt proclaimed a British protectorate, under a sultan.

Dec. 24 First German air raid on England.

1915

Jan. 1- Russians attempt to cross the Carpathians. 
Feb. 13

Jan. 24 British naval victory of Dogger Bank, in North Sea.

Jan. 25- Russians again invade East Prussia, but are defeated in
Feb. 12 the battle of the Mazurian Lakes.

Jan. 28 American merchantman “William P. Frye” sunk by German
             cruiser.

Feb. 4 Germany’s proclamation of “war zone” around the British
             Isles after February 18.

Feb. 10 United States note holding German government to a “strict
             accountability” for destruction of American lives or
             vessels.

Feb. 10 Anglo-French squadron bombards Dardanelles forts.

Mar. 1 Announcement of British “blockade” of Germany.

Mar. 10 British capture Neuve Chapelle, in northern France.

Mar. 22 Russians capture Przemysl, in Galicia.

Apr. 17- Battle of Ypres.  First use of poison gas (page 95). 
May 17

Apr. 25 Allied troops land on the Gallipoli peninsula.

Apr. 30 Germans invade the Baltic provinces of Russia.

May 1 American steamship “Gulflight” sunk by German submarine;
             two Americans lost.

May 2 Battle of the Dunajec.  Russians defeated by the Germans and
             Austrians and forced to retire from the Carpathians.

May 7 British liner “Lusitania” sunk by German submarine (1,154
             lives lost, 114 being Americans).

May 9-June Battle of Artois, or Festubert (in France, north of Arras). 
             Small gains by the Allies.

May 13 American note protests against submarine policy culminating
             in the sinking of the “Lusitania.”  Other notes June 9,
             July 21; German replies, May 28, July 8, Sept. 1.

May 23 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.

May 25 American steamship “Nebraskan” attacked by submarine.

June 3 Przemysl retaken by Germans and Austrians.

June 9 Monfalcone occupied by Italians.

June 22 The Austro-Germans recapture Lemberg, in Galicia.

July 2 Naval action between Russians and Germans in the Baltic.

July 9 Conquest of German Southwest Africa completed.

July 12- German conquest of Russian Poland; capture of Warsaw
Sept. 18 (Aug. 5), Kovno (Aug. 17), Brest-Litovsk (Aug. 25), Vilna
             (Sept. 18).