EGYPT: the Khedive deposed, 18 D 4; the Turks attack the Suez Canal, 2-4 F 5; a second attack on the Canal, 22-23 Mh 5; a third attack, 28 Ap 5; the Senussi Arabs repulsed near Mersa Matruh, 13 D 5; routed, 25 D 5; again, 23 Ja 6; they are defeated at Agagia, 26 F 6; the British occupy Sollum, 14 Mh 6; a motor force rescues prisoners, 17 Mh 6; the Turks again attack the Suez Canal, 4-5 Au 6; the Senussi defeated near Siwa, 5 F 7 ---- Sultan of: _see_ Hussein Kamel Eichhorn, F. M. von, establishes a dictatorship in the Ukraine, 1 My 8 El Arish, a raid on, 18 My 6; captured by British, 21 D 6 Elbasan captured by Bulgarians, 17 D 5; by Italians, 7 O 8 El Fasher captured by British, 23 My 6 _Emden_ appears off Bengal, 10 S 4; shells Madras, 22 S 4; sinks the _Jemchug_ and _Mousquet_, 28 O 4; is destroyed, 9 N 4 ENGLAND: see GREAT BRITAIN Epéhy, the Battle of, 12-18 S 8 Ervillers captured by British, 23 Au 8 Erzberger, Herr, his 'Peace' speech, 6 Jl 7 Erzerum, the Russians advance on, 11 Ja 6; fighting near, 16-17 Ja 6; the Russian attack begins, 10 F 6; they capture it, 16 F 6; reoccupied by Turks, 11 Mh 8 Eseka captured by Allies, 30 O 5 Es Salt captured by British, 25 Mh 8; they evacuate it, 1 Ap 8; take it again, 30 Ap 8 Es Sinn, the British defeated at, 8 Mh 6; they retire from, 9 Mh 6 ESTHONIA invaded by Germans, 21 O 7; they evacuate it, 27 O 7 Etaples, an air-raid on, 19 My 8 Expeditionary Force, the British, lands in France, 9 Au 4; embarkation completed, 16 Au 4; base established at Nantes, 30 Au 4; G.H.Q. moves from St. Omer to Montreuil, 31 Mh 6 _Fairy_, H.M.S., sunk, 31 My 8 _Falaba_ sunk, 28 Mh 5 Falkenhayn, Gen., superseded, 29 Au 6 Falkland Islands, Battle of the, 8 D 4 Falmouth, Dutch ships sunk off, 22 F 7 _Falmouth_, H.M.S., sunk, 19 Au 6 Fano raided by an Austrian squadron, 18 Je 5 Fao captured by British, 6 N 4 Farsan Island occupied by Arabs, 31 Ja 5 _Fauvette_, H.M.S., sunk, 9 Mh 6 Felixstowe, an air-raid on, 22 Jl 7 Faversham munition factory, explosion at, 2 Ap 6 Feluja captured by British, 19 Mh 7 Ferdinand, K. of Bulgaria, abdicates, 4 O 8 Fère-en-Tardenois, the Germans reach, 30 My 8; the Allies recapture, 28 Jl 8 Festubert, Indians attacked at, 23 N 4; the Battle of, 16-25 My 5 FINLAND signs peace with Germany, 7 Mh 8; Germany occupies the Aland Islands, 5 Mh 8; and Abo, 12 Mh 8 _Firefly_, H.M.S., recaptured at Kut, 27 F 7 Fisher, Lord, appointed First Sea Lord, 29 O 4; succeeded by Sir H. Jackson, 28 My 5 Fismes captured by Americans, 4 Au 8 Fismettes captured by Americans, 9 Au 8 Flers captured by British, 15 S 6 Fleury stormed by Germans, 24 Je 6; a French success at, 25 Je 6 _Flirt_, H.M.S., sunk, 27 O 6