March 1--Paris Temps says that the Allies have reached an agreement by
which Russia will have free passage through the Dardanelles.
March 4--Village women capture and bind a detachment of German soldiers.
March 24--Congress of Representatives of the Nobility, in annual session
at Petrograd, passes resolutions stating that "the vital interests of
Russia require full possession of Constantinople, and both shores of the
Bosporus and the Dardanelles and the adjacent islands."