Baku occupied by British, 4 Au 8; the Turks attack, 26 Au 8; again, 31 Au 8; the British evacuate, 14 S 8; they occupy it, 17 N 8 Balfour, Mr., becomes First Lord of the Admiralty, 26 My 5; Foreign Secretary, 10 D 6 _Ballarat_ sunk, 27 Ap 7 Baltic Provinces invaded by Germany, 27 Ap 5 Bango Mountain, fighting at, 6 N 5 Bapaume, fighting on the Ridge, 5 Mh 7, 13 Mh 7; British capture the village, 17 Mh 7; the Germans take it, 24 Mh 8; the Battle of, 21-31 Au 8; captured by the British, 29 Au 8 Baranovitchi, the Battle of, 2-14 Jl 6 Bare occupied by British, 10 D 4 Basra occupied by British, 21 N 4 Batoum captured by Turks, 13 Ap 8 Battenberg, Adm. Prince L. of, succeeded by Adm. Lord Fisher, 29 O 4 Bauer, Herr, becomes Premier, 21 Je 9 Bavarian Republic proclaimed, 7 N 8 _Bayano_, H.M.S., sunk, 11 Mh 5 Beatty, Adm. Lord, appointed to command of Grand Fleet, 29 N 6 Beaucamp captured by British, 27 S 8 Beaucourt captured by British, 14 N 6, 21 Au 8 Beaumont Hamel captured by British, 13 N 6 Beersheba captured by British, 31 O 7 Beirut occupied by French, 7 O 8 Beitunia captured by British, 28 D 7 Belad station captured by British, 8 Ap 7 BELGIUM: invaded by Germany, 3 Au 4; the Govt. moves to Antwerp, 17 Au 4; to Ostend, 7 O 4; the last German troops depart, 27 N 8 Belgrade bombarded by Austria, 29 Jl 4; captured by Austrians, 2 D 4; retaken by Serbians, 15 D 4; by Austrians, 8 O 5; by Serbians, 1 N 8 Bellewarde Ridge, fighting on the, 16 Je 5 Belluno captured by Austrians, 10 N 7 _Ben-my-Chree_, H.M.S., sunk, 11 Ja 7 _Benedetto Brin_ destroyed, 28 S 5 Berat captured by Italians, 10 Jl 8; recaptured by Austrians, 26 Au 8; by Italians, 1 O 8 Berestetchko occupied by Russians, 22 Jl 6 _Bergamot_, H.M.S., sunk, 13 Au 7 Beringia, action at, 22 My 6 Berry-au-Bac captured by French, 7 O 8 Bethel captured by British, 30 D 7 Bethincourt evacuated by French, 8 Ap 6 Bethmann-Hollweg, von, dismissed, 14 Jl 7 Beyers: _see under_ SOUTH AFRICA Bight of Heligoland: _see_ Heligoland ----, Battle of the, 28 Au 4 Bireh captured by British, 29 D 7 _Birmingham_, H.M.S., sinks the U15, 9 Au 4 Birrell, Mr., resigns, 2 My 6 Bismarck Archipelago occupied by Australia, 11 S 4 Bitlis captured by Russians, 2 Mh 6; recaptured by Turks, 2 Au 6; by Russians, 23 Au 6 Bixschoote, a Belgian success at, 17 Ap 8 Bligny captured by British, 7 Je 8 Blockade, Minister of, Ld. R. Cecil becomes the first, 10 D 6 Blonie lines evacuated by Russians, 4 Au 5 _Blücher_ sunk, 24 Ja 5 'Bluff,' the, a German success at, 14 F 6; the British retake it, 2 Mh 6 Boelcke, Capt., shot down, 29 O 6 BOLIVIA severs relations with Germany, 13 Ap 7 Bolo Pasha, his trial begins, 4 F 8; is condemned, 14 F 8; is executed, 17 Ap 8