Salonika (_for military operations, see_ MACEDONIA): Allied troops land at, 5 O 5; British reinforcements arrive, 4 D 5; Gen. Sarrail assumes command, 16 Ja 6; air-raids on, 1 F 6, 27 Mh 6; Russian troops land, 30 Jl 6; Italian ditto, 11 Au 6; Gen. Guillaumet succeeds Gen. Sarrail, 15 D 7; Gen. F. d'Esperey succeeds Gen. Guillaumet, 27 Je 8 _Salta_ sunk, 10 Ap 7 _Salvia_, H.M.S., sunk, 20 Je 7 Samarra, fighting near, 17 Ap 7; the British occupy the station, 23 Ap 7 Sambre, the Battle of the, 1-11 N 8 Samoa occupied by New Zealand, 28 Au 4 San crossed by the Russians, 14 S 4; the Battle of the, 14-17 My 5 San Giovanni captured by Italians, 27 My 7 San Grado captured by Italians, 15 S 6 San Michele, Monte, captured by Italians, 19 Jl 5 Sanna-i-Yat: _see_ Kut-el-Amara Sarajevo, assassination at, 28 Je 4 Sari Bair, the Austrians attack at, 9 My 5; the Battle of, 6-11 Au 5 _Sarnia_, H.M.S., sunk, 12 S 8 Sarrail, Gen., assumes command at Salonika, 16 Ja 6; succeeded by Gen. Guillaumet, 15 D 7 Sarykamish, the Battle of, 29 D 4-2 Ja 5 Scarborough bombarded, 16 D 4, 4 S 7 Scarpe, a British attack on the, 23 Ap 7; the Battle of the, 26 Au-3 S 8 Scheer, Admiral, apptd. Chief of Admiralty Staff, 2 Au 8 Scheidemann, Herr, becomes Prime Minister, 12 F 9; resigns, 20 Je 9 Schilden Island captured by Germans, 20 O 7 Schleswig-Holstein, air-raid on, 25 Mh 6 Schwaben Redoubt captured by British, 28 S 6; they advance at, 14 O 6 _Scott_, H.M.S., sunk, 15 Au 8 Scutari captured by Austrians, 23 Ja 6; occupied by Italians, 4 N 8 Seaham bombarded, 11 Jl 6 Sedan occupied by Americans, 6 N 8 Seeheim occupied by Union troops, 17 Ap 5 Seidler, Dr. von, becomes Austrian Premier, 24 Je 7; tenders his resignation, 22 Ja 8; resigns, 23 Jl 8 Selle, Battle of the, 17-25 O 8 Semendria, taken by Austrians, 10 O 5 Semlin occupied by Serbians, 10 S 4; they evacuate it, 17 S 4 Sende, fighting at, 25 O 5 Senussi Arabs repulsed near Mersa Matruh, 13 D 5; routed, 25 D 5; again, 23 Ja 6; defeated at Agagia, 26 F 6; again near Siwa, 5 F 7