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The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 · Various — chapter 56 of 74 · ~266 words · public domain

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Nov. 16--Russians defeated near Koprukeui; British take Turkish camp at Fao.

Nov. 17--Russians checked near Fao; Turks occupy Duzkeuy.

Nov. 19--Russians defeat Kurds in Persian Armenia; fighting near Urumiah; British success in Arabia.

Nov. 22--Turks win near Port Said and reach Suez Canal; Russians gain near Juzveran.

Nov. 23--British defeat Turks near Persian Gulf.

Nov. 24--Russians defeat Turks in Armenia.

Nov. 26--Turkish advance checked in Armenia.

Nov. 28--Fierce fighting in the Caucasus; Enver Bey starts for Egypt.

Dec. 6--Turks occupy Keda.

Dec. 8--Turks defeated near Batum.

Dec. 9--Turks at Kurna surrender to Indian troops.

Dec. 10--British take 1,100 Turkish prisoners and nine guns.

Dec. 11--Sheik Kiazim, Chief of the Shiites, proclaims a holy war; Turks report occupation of Geda.

Dec. 15--Senussi tribesmen threaten Egypt.

Dec. 18--Turks reinforced in Asia Minor.

Dec. 20--Turks gain near Lake Urumiah.

Dec. 21--Russians win in Armenia--Turks lose equipment.

Dec. 22--Arabs menace Christians in Hodeida; French Consul is seized.

Dec. 23--Turkish Army leaves Damascus and marches toward Suez Canal.

Dec. 25--Russo-Turkish operations stopped by cold.

Jan. 1--Turks invade Russia but fail to envelop Russian forces.

Jan. 2--Turks penetrate into the Russian Caucasus and occupy Ardahan.

Jan. 4--Turks ravage Persian territory.

Jan. 5--Russians rout Turkish columns at Ardahan and Sari-Kamysh; Russians capture Izzet Pasha.

Jan. 7--Turks occupy Urumiah.

NAVAL RECORD.

Oct. 16--British cruiser Hawke sunk by German submarine U-9; British tramp steamship Induna sunk by Germans; British steamer Guendolen fires on German ship on Lake Nyassa; British and Japanese warships bombard fort near Tsing-tau.

Oct. 17--British squadron, led by the Undaunted, sinks four German torpedo-boat destroyers off Dutch coast; allied fleets bombard Cattaro.

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