A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

The French destroyer Cassini is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean (many lives lost).

Mar. 1 (Thur.)

Mesopotamia:—The Turks continue their disorderly retreat on Baghdad.

The British destroyer Pheasant is sunk by a floating mine off the Orkneys.

Mar. 2 (Fri.)

The Somme and Ancre Fronts:—The British continue to advance against the yielding enemy.

Persia:—Hamadan is captured by the Russians.

Mar. 3 (Sat.)

The Germans retreat to a depth of five miles east of Gommecourt.

Mar. 4 (Sun.)