The Germans attack at St. Eloi and take the village. H.M.S. _Kent_ and _Glasgow_ sink the _Dresden_ off Juan Fernandez Island. Mar. 15 (Mon.) The British retake St. Eloi. H.M.S. _Amethyst_ makes a raid up the Dardanelles. Mar. 17 (Wed.) A further enemy attack at St. Eloi is repulsed. Sir Ian Hamilton arrives at Tenedos (Ægean Sea). Mar. 18 (Thur.) The Battle of the Narrows: an Allied naval attack on the Dardanelles is repulsed; the French battleship _Bouvet_ and the British battleships _Irresistible_ and _Ocean_ are sunk. The Russians again invade East Prussia and temporarily occupy Memel (see March 21). A Zeppelin raid on Calais. Mar. 20 (Sat.) South-West Africa:--General Botha defeats the Germans at Riet on the Swakop. Mar. 21 (Sun.) The Germans retake Memel (see March 18). Mar. 22 (Mon.) Przemysl surrenders to the Russians, who claim 126,000 prisoners (see Nov. 11, 1914, and June 3, 1915). A second Turkish attack on the Suez Canal. Mar. 23 (Tues.) The Turks are again driven back from the Suez Canal. Mar. 24 (Wed.) A British air-raid on German submarine works at Hoboken, near Antwerp. Mar. 25 (Thur.) The French attack the Hartmannsweilerkopf (Alsace). The Dutch steamship _Medea_ is sunk by a German submarine off Beachy Head. The German fleet bombards the coast of Courland. A French air-raid on Metz. Mar. 27 (Sat.) The French capture the Hartmannsweilerkopf (Alsace). Mar. 28 (Sun.) The British liner _Falaba_ is sunk by the U28 south of St. George's Channel. Libau is bombarded by German warships. A German air-raid on Calais. April 1 (Thur.) South-West Africa:--Union forces seize Hasuur. A British air-raid on Hoboken and Zeebrugge. April 4 (Easter Sunday) South-West Africa:--Warmbad is occupied by Union forces. April 5 (Mon.) The French attack at Les Eparges. Caucasus:--Artvin is occupied by the Russians. April 6 (Tues.) A German counter-attack at Les Eparges. April 8 (Thur.) The French win the summit of Les Eparges. April 9 (Fri.) A final German counter-attack at Les Eparges is repulsed. April 12 (Mon.) Germany places 39 British officers in detention barracks as a reprisal against the treatment of submarine prisoners by Great Britain (see March 8 and June 12). Mesopotamia:--The British are attacked at Shaiba. April 14 (Wed.) Mesopotamia:--The Battle at Shaiba ends in the defeat of the Turks. A Zeppelin raid on the Tyneside. April 15 (Thur.) A Zeppelin raid on East Anglia. April 16 (Fri.) Northern Persia:--Urmia is occupied by the Turks. April 17 (Sat.) The British capture 'Hill 60,' near Ypres. South West Africa:--Seeheim is occupied by Union forces. April 18 (Sun.) The Germans counter-attack on 'Hill 60' and regain part of it. On the North-West Frontier of India Mohmand Inshkar is defeated by the British. April 20 (Tues.) Fierce fighting on 'Hill 60.' The Germans bombard Ypres. April 21 (Wed.) The Germans are driven from 'Hill 60' (see May 5).