Jan. 3--French gain near Rheims and St. Mihiel, but are repulsed near
St. Menehould; 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 necessitates shifting of Belgian headquarters.
Jan. 7--French make progress in direction of Altkirch.
CAMPAIGN IN FAR EAST.
Oct. 30--Japanese attack Germans at Tsing-tau; 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 capitulation 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.
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