Heavy fighting round Dvinsk.
Feb. 8 (Tues.)
The Russians cross the Dniester.
The French cruiser Amiral Charnier is sunk by a mine or submarine off the Syrian coast.
Feb. 9 (Wed.)
A German air-raid on Ramsgate and Broadstairs. A British air-raid on Terhand.
Feb. 10 (Thur.)
The Military Service Act (instituting compulsory service for single men aged 19 to 30) comes into operation in Great Britain.
It is announced that Sir H. Smith-Dorrien resigns command in East Africa owing to ill-health (see Dec. 14, 1915), and that Lieut.-General J. Smuts is appointed to succeed him (see Jan. 28, 1917).