The British advance towards Cambrai and capture Sorel, Heudicourt, Soyécourt, and other places; the French advance north-east of Soissons.

The British hospital ship Gloucester Castle is torpedoed and sunk in mid-Channel, but without loss of life.

Mar. 31 (Sat.)

The British advance north-west of St. Quentin and capture Jeancourt, Hervilly, Herbecourt, and Vendelles.

Mesopotamia:—The British occupy Deli Abbas.

April 1 (Sun.)

The British capture Savy Wood and Savy, near St. Quentin, and Epéhy and Peizières, on the Bapaume Railway; the French advance towards Laon on the Margival-Vrégny Front.

The Russians occupy Khanikin (north-east of Baghdad).

April 2 (Mon.)

President Wilson asks Congress for a declaration that 'a state of war exists.'