—German bombardment of Libau; Russian bombardment of Trebizond.
—Turkish defeat on the Shatt-el-Arab, (See For. Hist., Chap. V.)
18. The Russian Black Sea battleship division engaged the Goeben off Sebastopol; she retired seriously damaged.
19. Riot among German prisoners in camp near Douglas, Isle of Man; five killed, one fatally injured. The jury at the inquest exonerated the authorities, in view of the riotous conduct of the prisoners.
—Funeral of Earl Roberts in St. Paul's.
—Announcement that the Rev. John Pentland Mahaffy, D.C.L., had been appointed Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, vice Dr. Traill, deceased.
—Announcement that Dr. Walter Ramsden, Senior Demonstrator of Physiology at Oxford University, was elected Johnston Professor of Bio-Chemistry at Liverpool University, vice Dr. Benjamin Moore, resigned.
20. Turkish bombardment of Tuapse.
21. British raid on the Zeppelin airship factory at Friedrichshafen. (See Eng. Hist., Chap. V.)