The Ancre Front:--The British capture the Beaumont Hamel spur. Roumania:--Galatz is evacuated by the Russians: the conquest of Wallachia by the Germans is complete. H.M.S. _Cornwallis_ (battleship) is sunk by a submarine off Malta. H.M.S. _Ben-my-Chree_ (aircraft carrier) is sunk in action off Asia Minor. Jan. 12 (Fri.) Germany and Austria-Hungary reply through Neutrals to the Allied Note which refused to consider the German peace proposals. Jan. 16 (Tues.) The Greek Government accepts in their entirety the demands of the Allies (see Jan. 8). Jan. 17 (Wed.) Roumania:--The enemy's advance is checked in the Moldavian Hills. Jan. 19 (Fri.) An explosion at a munitions factory at Silvertown, in the East End of London (69 killed). Jan. 20 (Sat.) Roumania:--Fundeni, on the Sereth, is captured by the Germans. Jan. 23 (Tues.) The Germans attack in the Riga district and compel the Russians to withdraw slightly. Two actions are fought in the North Sea between British and German light forces: a German destroyer and the British destroyer _Simoon_ are sunk. The British armed merchant cruiser _Laurentic_ is sunk by a mine off the Irish coast. Jan. 24 (Wed.) East Africa:--A small German force is isolated and compelled to surrender. Jan. 25 (Thur.) The Greek Government offers a formal apology to the Allies for the events of December 1. Mesopotamia:--A British attack on Turkish trenches south-west of Kut is partially successful. A German vessel shells Southwold at night: there are no casualties. The French transport _Amiral Magon_ is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Jan. 26 (Fri.) To regulate exchange, the British Government by Order in Council enforces the sale or loan of foreign securities to the Treasury. Mesopotamia:--The British complete the capture of the Turkish position attacked on the previous day. Jan. 27 (Sat.) A Russian success in the Southern Bukovina: 1200 prisoners are captured. Jan. 28 (Sun.) Lieut.-General Smuts is succeeded by Major-General Hoskins as British Commander-in-Chief in East Africa (see Feb. 10, 1916, and May 16, 1917). Jan. 30 (Tues.) German attacks between Soissons and Rheims are repulsed. Riga Front:--The Germans attack in strength: the Russians fall back slightly. Jan. 31 (Wed.) Germany announces 'unrestricted naval warfare' as from February 1. The German intention to sink hospital ships is announced in a statement by the British Foreign Office. Feb. 1 (Thur.) The Government of the U.S.A. is officially informed that Germany 'must abandon the limitations she has hitherto imposed upon herself in the employment of her fighting weapons at sea.' Mesopotamia:--The British capture the last line but one of the Turkish trenches before Kut east of the Hai-Tigris junction. Feb. 2 (Fri.) The Food Controller, Lord Devonport, appeals to the British nation to economise in food as the only way to avoid compulsory rationing. A British naval air-raid on Bruges harbour.