Mesopotamia:--The Turks stand on the line of the Dialah River. The Turks continue to retreat before the Russians in Western Persia. Mar. 8 (Thur.) Death of Count Zeppelin. A French advance in Champagne. Roumania:--The Austro-Germans attack in the Trotus Valley (the centre of the Moldavian Front) and gain high ground. Mar. 9 (Fri.) Serious food riots are reported in Petrograd. Verdun:--A French success near Caurières Wood. Mesopotamia:--General Maude forces a crossing of the Dialah River. Mar. 10 (Sat.) Neuve Chapelle, 1915. The Ancre Front:--The British capture Irles. Mesopotamia:--The Turkish resistance before Baghdad is broken; the British advance upon the city. Mar. 11 (Sun.) Mesopotamia:--The British capture Baghdad, and continue to pursue the Turks. Mar. 12 (Mon.) Revolution in Russia: the Duma, which demands representative Government, is prorogued; a number of regiments join the cause of the Duma; troops refuse to fire on the rioters; the Cabinet resigns; the Duma elects a Provisional Government. Macedonia:--The British advance near Lake Doiran. Mar. 13 (Tues.) China breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany. The Germans abandon the forward slopes of the Bapaume Ridge; the British capture Loupart Wood and Grévillers. Mesopotamia:--The British are thirty miles beyond Baghdad. Persia:--The Russians again capture Kermanshah (see July 2, 1916). Mar. 14 (Wed.) The constitution of the Russian Provisional Government is announced: Prince Lvoff is Premier. Mar. 15 (Thur.) The Russian Provisional Government demands the abdication of the Tsar. The Tsar abdicates for himself and the Tsarevitch, and names his brother, the Grand Duke Michael, as Regent. The British destroyer _Foyle_ is sunk by a mine in the Straits of Dover. Mar. 16 (Fri.) The British occupy St. Pierre Vaast Wood. A Zeppelin raid on Kent: one Zeppelin, returning from the raid, is brought down in France. Mar. 17 (Sat.) Resignation of M. Briand, the French Premier, and his Cabinet (see Oct. 28, 1915). The Germans retreat in France on a front of nearly a hundred miles; Bapaume, Chaulnes, and fourteen villages north and south of the Somme are occupied by the British; further south the French occupy Lassigny, Roye, and many villages. Persia:--The Russians occupy Kerind. H.M.S. _Mignonette_ (sloop) is sunk by a mine off the south-west coast of Ireland. Mar. 18 (Sun.) The British advance on a front of forty-five miles and occupy Péronne and Nesle; the French advance on a front of thirty-seven miles and occupy Noyon and many villages. The Caucasus:--Van is occupied by the Russians for the third time. German destroyers shell Ramsgate. Two British destroyers are torpedoed (one of them, the _Paragon_, is sunk) in the Straits of Dover. H.M.S. _Alyssum_ (sloop) is sunk by a mine off the south-west coast of Ireland. Mar. 19 (Mon.) A new French Cabinet is formed with M. Ribot as Premier (see Sept. 7).