Coronel, the Battle of, 1 N 4 _Corrington_ sunk, 1 Jl 8 COSTA RICA declares war on the Central Powers, 23 My 8 Cotton declared contraband, 21 Au 5 'Council of Four' formed, 25 Mh 9 Council, a supreme War, announced by Mr. L. George, 14 N 7 Courcelette captured by British, 15 S 6; again, 24 Au 8 Courcelles captured by British, 21 Au 8 Courland coast bombarded, 25 Mh 5 _Cowslip_, H.M.S., sunk, 25 Ap 8 Cracow attacked by Russians, 7 D 4 Craiova captured by Germans, 21 N 6 Craonne, fighting at, 16 Ap 7, 3 Jl 7, 16 Au 7; captured by French, 4 My 7 _Cressy_, H.M.S., sunk, 22 S 4 Cromer, air-raid on, 19 Ja 5 Cromie, Captain, killed, 29 Au 8 Cross, the Military, instituted, 1 Ja 5 Crozat Canal crossed by French, 21-22 Mh 7, 9 S 8 Ctesiphon, the British advance on, 12 N 5; the Battle of, 22-24 N 5; the British retreat from, 25 N 5 CUBA declares war on Germany, 7 Ap 7 Cumières stormed by Germans, 24 My 6 Cuxhaven, German warships off, bombed, 25 D 4 _Cymric_ sunk, 8 My 6 Cyprus annexed by Great Britain, 5 N 4 Czar: _see_ Tsar Czecho-Slovaks declared Allies, 13 Au 8 Czecho-Slovak State proclaimed, 30 O 8 Czernin, Count, resigns, 15 Ap 8 Czernowitz captured by Russians, 15 S 4; retaken by Austrians, 22 O 4; by Russians, 27 O 4; by Austrians, 17 F 5; the Russians approach, 2 Ja 6; a Russian victory at, 10 Je 6; they retake it, 17 Je 6; the Austrians retake it, 3 Au 7 Dago Island captured by Germans, 19 O 7 Damascus captured by British, 30 S 8 _Danton_ sunk, 19 Mh 7 DARDANELLES, THE (_for Military exploits, see_ GALLIPOLI): the forts bombarded, 3 N 4; a naval attack on, 19-23 F 5; the _Queen Elizabeth_ attacks, 25 F 5; the entrance swept, 26 F 5; bombardment resumed, 4 Mh 5; a further attack on, 6 Mh 5; Lemnos occupied, 7 Mh 5; a raid by the _Amethyst_, 15 Mh 5; the Battle of the Narrows, the _Bouvet_, _Irresistible_, and _Ocean_ sunk, 18 Mh 5; the E14 enters the Sea of Marmora, 27 Ap 5; the E14 sinks a Turkish transport, 29 Ap 5; the _Goliath_ sunk, 13 My 5; the _Triumph_ sunk, 25 My 5; the _Majestic_ sunk, 27 My 5; the _Kheyr-ed-Din Barbarossa_ sunk, 9 Au 5; the _Royal Edward_ sunk, 14 Au 5; the _Sutherland_, sunk, 2 S 5; the _Ramazan_ sunk, 19 S 5; the _Marquette_ sunk, 26 O 5; the _Hythe_ sunk, 29 O 5; the E20 lost, 6 N 5; the Allies' fleets pass through, 12 N 8; the forts occupied by the British, 12 N 8 Dar-es-Salaam shelled by British cruisers, 13 Au 4; again, 2 Ja 5; surrenders, 4 S 6 Darfur, the Sultan of, defeated, 22-23 My 6 Declaration of London abandoned, 28 Je 6 Dedeagatch bombarded, 21 O 5, 18 Ja 6 De la Rey shot, 15 S 4 Delcassé, M., resigns, 13 O 5 Deli Abbas occupied by British, 31 Mh 7; action near, 3 D 7 Deltawa, Turks defeated at, 11 Ap 7