The British are driven back near the Ypres-Menin road. Verdun Front:--The French capture Hill 304 and reach the southern bank of the Forges brook. The Isonzo Front:--The Italians capture Monte Santo, north of Gorizia. Aug. 28 (Tues.) Moldavia:--A Russian division mutinies and leaves the field. Aug. 31 (Fri.) The French gain ground on the Chemin-des-Dames. Sept. 1 (Sat.) The Germans cross the Dvina at Uexküll, which constitutes a threat to the Riga-Petrograd Railway. British light naval forces sink four German mine-sweepers off the coast of Jutland. Sept. 2 (Sun.) East Africa:--A German detachment surrenders at Kakera. A German aeroplane raid on Dover. A British naval air-raid on Adrianople. Sept. 3 (Mon.) Riga falls to the Germans, who occupy the town unopposed and advance in pursuit of the retreating and disorganised Russians. A German aeroplane raid on the south-east of England. H.M.S. _Dundee_ (armed boarding-steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the entrance of the English Channel. Sept. 4 (Tues.) The Germans cross the Aa, 33 miles north-east of Riga. The Isonzo Front:--The Italians capture enemy positions on Monte St. Gabriele. A German submarine shells Scarborough (3 killed). A night raid by German aeroplanes on London (11 killed). Sept. 5 (Wed.) The Russians lose the line of the Dvina as far as Friedrichstadt. Sept. 7 (Fri.) Resignation of M. Ribot, the French Premier (see March 19). Sept. 8 (Sat.) M. Kerenski dismisses General Korniloff from the post of Russian Commander-in-Chief; General Korniloff marches on Petrograd. The United States Government discloses the 'sink without trace' incident in Germany's dealings in the Argentine through Sweden. Verdun Front:--The French capture Chaume Wood. Sept. 11 (Tues.) Russia:--M. Kerenski assumes the position of Commander-in-Chief. Sept. 12 (Wed.) M. Painlevé succeeds M. Ribot as French Premier (see Nov. 13). The Argentine Government hands Count Luxburg, the German agent in Buenos Ayres, his passports. A British naval air-raid on Zeebrugge. Sept. 13 (Thur.) Russia:--General Korniloff's revolt fails. The Allies advance in Southern Albania. Sept. 14 (Fri.) Russia:--General Korniloff surrenders to General Alexeieff and the Provisional Government. Sept. 15 (Sat.) Russia:--The Provisional Government proclaims a Republic; a new War Cabinet is appointed under M. Kerenski, who is virtually Dictator. A British naval air-raid on enemy shipping between Ostend and Blankenberghe. Sept. 16 (Sun.) Allied air-raids on Stuttgart and Colmar. Sept. 18 (Tues.) The British destroyer _Contest_ is sunk by a submarine in the English Channel. Sept. 20 (Thur.) The British attack on an eight-mile front east of Ypres: Inverness Copse, Glencorse Wood, and other important positions are captured, with 2000 prisoners. Sept. 21 (Fri.) East of Ypres the British repulse counter-attacks and make further progress.