A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

Jan. 6 (Thur.)

Recruiting for the 'Derby' groups reopens in Great Britain.

Mesopotamia:—The British relieving force defeats the Turks before Kut, but its further progress is checked by floods.

H.M.S. King Edward VII. (battleship) is sunk by a mine off the north coast of Scotland.

Jan. 8 (Sat.)

The evacuation of Gallipoli is completed (see Dec. 8, 1915).

The Russians capture Chartorysk (50 miles east of Kovel).

Jan. 10 (Mon.)

Montenegro:—The Austrians capture Mount Lovtchen.