Minimum prices for wheat and oats are guaranteed for five years in Great Britain.
Mesopotamia:—General Maude's forces cross the Tigris at the Shamrun bend, threatening the Turkish line of retreat; the third and fourth Turkish lines are captured at Sanna-i-Yat.
Feb. 24 (Sat.)
On the Ancre the Germans begin to retire from their front-line positions.
Mesopotamia:—General Maude captures Kut-el-Amara; the Turks evacuate the Sanna-i-Yat position and retreat towards Baghdad; over 1700 prisoners are taken and much booty; this ends the Second Battle of Kut-el-Amara (see Jan. 5).
Feb. 25 (Sun.)
On the Ancre, the Germans withdraw before the British: Serre, Miraumont, Warlencourt, and Pys are captured.
Mesopotamia:—The British advance-guard, in pursuit of the Turks, is 15 miles west of Kut.
The Cunard liner Laconia is sunk without warning in the Atlantic.