Part 55

Oct. 30--Japanese attack Germans at Tsing-tau; Indian troops aid Japanese.

Nov. 1--Desperate fighting at Tsing-tau; city is in flames.

Nov. 4--Japanese capture German guns and 800 prisoners at Tsing-tau.

Nov. 6--Germans surrender Tsing-tau fortress.

Nov. 7--Formal capitulation of Tsing-tau; Japanese will administer city.

CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA.

Oct. 28--Belgians defeat Germans on Lake Tanganyika.

Oct. 29--Allies take Edoa.

Nov. 4--Germans defeat British in German East Africa.

Nov. 7--Belgians aid British forces in the Congo.

Nov. 23--British defeated in attack on German railway terminus in East Africa.

Nov. 27--Maritz, Union of South Africa revolutionist, defeated.

Dec. 10--Governor General Lord Buxton says that the revolution in the Union of South Africa is ended and reports capture of 7,000 rebels.

Dec. 23--Portuguese retreat before Germans in Angola.

CAMPAIGN IN ASIA MINOR AND EGYPT.

Oct. 29--Turkey begins war with Russia by bombarding Odessa from the sea.

Nov. 2--Russians and Turks are fighting near Trebizond.

Nov. 3--Turks claim victory over Russians in Armenia; German officers are with camel corps on Turkish-Egyptian frontier; Suez Canal threatened.

Nov. 4--Russia begins invasion of Armenia.

Nov. 5--England and France declare war on Turkey; Russians seize Armenian towns; Turks have successes in Kara-Killissa and Tehan districts; England annexes the Island of Cyprus; German officer sentenced to life imprisonment by Egyptian police for having plans to dynamite Suez Canal.

Nov. 6--Armenians besiege town of Van.

Nov. 7--Russians have successes northeast of Kara-Killissa.

Nov. 8--Russians take Keprekioi in Armenia and hold road to Erzerum.

Nov. 9--Russians take Turkish fort near Erzerum and pursue Kurdish cavalry; Russians win at Kohrikoi on River Araxes.

Nov. 10--France, England, Russia, Belgium, and Servia issue a formal declaration of war against Turkey; both sides claim victories in Erzerum region.

Nov. 13--Russians advance on Erzerum from three directions; Turks fail in flank attack.

Nov. 14--Russians rout Kurds in cavalry battle in Armenia; Turks have success on Caucasian border.

Nov. 15--Turks occupy Persian town of Kotur; British troops land in Basra Province; Indian troops, aided by British cruiser, occupy Turba, Arabia.