Apr. 26—Allied troops land on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Apr. 28—American vessel "Cushing" attacked by German aeroplane.
Apr. 30—Germans invade the Baltic Provinces of Russia.
May 1—American steamship "Gulflight" sunk by German submarine; two Americans lost. Warning of German embassy published in daily papers.
May 2—Russians forced by the combined Germans and Austrians to retire from their positions in the Carpathians (Battle of the Dunajec).
May 7—Cunard line steamship "Lusitania" sunk by German submarine (1,154 lives lost, 114 being Americans).
May 8—Germans occupy Libau, Russian port on the Baltic.
May 9-June—Battle of Artois, or Festubert (near La Bassee).
May 10—Message of sympathy from Germany on loss of American lives by sinking of "Lusitania."
May 12—South African troops under Gen. Botha occupy capital of German Southwest Africa.