Delville Wood, fighting in, 15-27 Jl 6; capt. by British, 27 Au 8 Deraa captured by Arabs, 27 S 8 Derby, Lord, appointed Director of Recruiting, 5 O 5; issues his Report, 4 Ja 6; becomes Secretary for War, 10 D 6; resigns, 18 Ap 8 Derby Groups, recruiting for, closed, 12 D 5; the first called up, 20 D 5; recruiting for opens, 6 Ja 6 _Derwent_, H.M.S., sunk, 2 My 7 _Deutschland_ reaches the U.S., 9 Jl 6; regains Germany, 23 Au 6 Devonport, Lord, appointed Food Controller, 10 D 6; resigns, 1 Je 7; succ. by Lord Rhondda, 15 Je 7 De Wet: _see under_ SOUTH AFRICA Diakhova occupied by Bulgarians,9 D 5 Dialah River, a Turkish stand on the, 7 Mh 7; the British cross, 9 Mh 7 Diaz, Gen., becomes Generalissimo, 9 N 7 Dibra occupied by Bulgarians, 9 D 5 Dixmude captured by Germans, 10 N 4; reoccupied by Belgians, 29 S 8 _Djemnah_ sunk, 14 Jl 8 DOBRUDJA, THE: is invaded by Germans and Bulgarians, 3 S 6; the Bulgarians capture Tutrakan, 6 S 6; they are checked, 1 O 6; the Roumanians counter-attack, 3 O 6; they fall back, 5 O 6; the Austro-Germans capture Brasso, 7 O 6; they attack again, 19 O 6; capture Tuzla, 21 O 6; Constanza, 22 O 6; Chernavoda, 24 O 6; the Russians and Roumanians advance, 7 N 6; the Germans advance, 8 N 6; are victorious, 18 N 6; capture Craiova, 21 N 6; Giurgevo, 27 N 6; are victorious in the Arges Valley, 3 D 6; capture Bucharest and Ploesti, 6 D 6; the Roumanians evacuate Buzeu, 14 D 6; the Russians are victorious at Botogu, 18 D 6; the Germans take Rimnic-Sarat, 26-28 D 6; Braila, 5 Ja 7; Focsani, 8 Ja 7; the Dobrudja is finally evacuated by the Russians and Roumanians, 8 Ja 7 Dodoma occupied by British, 30 Jl 6 Dogger Bank, Battle of the, 24 Ja 5; mine-sweepers attacked off the, 10 F 6 Doiran captured by Bulgarians, 12 D 5; fighting near, 6-11 D 5, 12 Mh 7, 25 Ap 7, 9 My 7 Don, air-raid on, 20 F 6 _Donegal_ sunk, 17 Ap 7 Dormans, the Germans reach, 31 My 8 Dorna Watra Pass, fighting at the, 28 F 7 Douai reoccupied by the Allies, 17 O 8 Douaumont Fort stormed by the Germans, 25 F 6; they capture the village, 2 Mh 6; the French retake it, 3 Mh 6; the Germans retake it, 4 Mh 6; the Germans repulsed at, 4 Ap 6; the French attack at, 16 Ap 6; and recapture the village, 24 O 6 Dover, air-raids on, 12 Au 6, 22 Au 7, 2 S 7; bombarded, 15 F 8; a naval raid on, 15 F 8; a naval action off, 20 Ap 7 _Dover Castle_ sunk, 26 My 7 _Drake_, H.M.S., lost, 2 O 7 _Dresden_ escapes at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 D 4; is sunk, 14 Mh 5 Drina, Battle of the, 15 S 4 Drocourt-Quéant line breached, 2 S 8 Duala surrenders to the Allies, 27 S 4 Dublin, riots in, 24-26 Ap 6 Dubno retaken by Russians, 23 S 5 _Duke of Albany_, H.M.S., sunk, 25 Au 6