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.
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.