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.
Nov. 16—Russians defeated near Koprukeui; British take Turkish camp at Fao.
Nov. 17—Russians checked near Fao; Turks occupy Duzkeuy.
Nov. 19—Russians defeat Kurds in Persian Armenia; fighting near Urumiah; British success in Arabia.
Nov. 22—Turks win near Port Said and reach Suez Canal; Russians gain near Juzveran.
Nov. 23—British defeat Turks near Persian Gulf.
Nov. 24—Russians defeat Turks in Armenia.
Nov. 26—Turkish advance checked in Armenia.
Nov. 28—Fierce fighting in the Caucasus; Enver Bey starts for Egypt.
Dec. 6—Turks occupy Keda.
Dec. 8—Turks defeated near Batum.
Dec. 9—Turks at Kurna surrender to Indian troops.
Dec. 10—British take 1,100 Turkish prisoners and nine guns.
Dec. 11—Sheik Kiazim, Chief of the Shiites, proclaims a holy war; Turks report occupation of Geda.
Dec. 15—Senussi tribesmen threaten Egypt.
Dec. 18—Turks reinforced in Asia Minor.
Dec. 20—Turks gain near Lake Urumiah.
Dec. 21—Russians win in Armenia—Turks lose equipment.
Dec. 22—Arabs menace Christians in Hodeida; French Consul is seized.
Dec. 23—Turkish Army leaves Damascus and marches toward Suez Canal.
Dec. 25—Russo-Turkish operations stopped by cold.
Jan. 1—Turks invade Russia but fail to envelop Russian forces.
Jan. 2—Turks penetrate into the Russian Caucasus and occupy Ardahan.
Jan. 4—Turks ravage Persian territory.
Jan. 5—Russians rout Turkish columns at Ardahan and Sari-Kamysh; Russians capture Izzet Pasha.
Jan. 7—Turks occupy Urumiah.