rd 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