March 17—Westende bombarded; Belgians carry two positions in Yser region.
March 18—Belgian Army continues to advance on the Yser; French continue to hold the heights near Notre Dame de Lorette despite repeated shelling of their position; Germans are fortifying towns in Alsace.
March 19—Belgians and Germans are fighting a battle in the underground passages of a monastery in front of Ramscappelle; official British report tells of new German repulse at St. Eloi.
March 21—Germans take a hill in the Vosges.
March 24—New battle begins along the Yser.
March 26—Belgians make progress on road from Dixmude to Ypres.
March 27—French capture summit of Hartmanns-Weilerkopf Mountain.
March 29—French are pressing the Germans hard at various points in Champagne; as an offset, the Germans renew activity against Rheims with lively bombardments; sapping and mining operations are stated to be the only means of gaining ground in the Argonne.
TURKISH AND EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.
March 1—Turkish forces mass on Asiatic side of the Dardanelles under Essad Pasha, defender of Janina; Russians have completed the expulsion of Turks from Transcaucasus region and dominate the Black Sea.