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 frontier; 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.
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