The Italians attack and gain ground east of the Brenta in the Asolone district (491 prisoners). Yarmouth is shelled by German destroyers (four killed). Jan. 15 (Tues.) The result of an inquiry into the operations before Cambrai (see Nov. 20-Dec. 7, 1917) is announced in the British House of Commons: the Higher Command is exonerated. Jan. 18 (Fri.) The Russian Constituent Assembly meets in Petrograd: it refuses to accept the dictation of the Bolshevist Government. Palestine:--The British line is advanced north of Jerusalem. Jan. 19 (Sat.) The Russian Constituent Assembly is forcibly dissolved by the Bolshevists. Jan. 20 (Sun.) The _Goeben_ and the _Breslau_ make a sortie from the Dardanelles and are engaged by British naval forces: the _Breslau_ is sunk by a mine; the _Goeben_ also strikes a mine but escapes into the Straits, where she runs aground at Nagara Point; here she is attacked by British aeroplanes; H.M.S. _Raglan_ (monitor) and a smaller British monitor (M28) are also sunk in the engagement. The British armed boarding-steamer _Louvain_ is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean (224 lives lost). Two German destroyers are sunk by mines in the North Sea. Jan. 21 (Mon.) Sir Edward Carson resigns from the British War Cabinet (see July 17, 1917). Jan. 22 (Tues.) Dr. von Seidler, the Austrian Premier, tenders his resignation, which is refused (see June 24, 1917, and July 23, 1918). Jan. 23 (Wed.) Two meatless days a week are enforced in Great Britain by a Public Meals Order. Jan. 26 (Sat.) It is announced that the British have taken over an additional sector of the front in France, and that their line now extends southward beyond St. Quentin. Jan. 27 (Sun.) The _Goeben_ is refloated and towed to Constantinople. Jan. 28 (Mon.) The Italians attack between Asiago and the Brenta Valley: they capture the Col del Rosso and 1500 prisoners. A night raid by German aeroplanes on London (58 killed); one raider is destroyed over Essex. The British submarine E14 is sunk by the Turks off Kum Kale (Dardanelles). Jan. 29 (Tues.) The Italians capture Monte di Val Bella. German aeroplanes reach the outskirts of London. Jan. 30 (Wed.) An air-raid on Paris (49 killed); one raider is destroyed. Jan. 31 (Thurs.) Austrian counter-attacks on Monte di Val Bella are repulsed by the Italians. Feb. 4 (Mon.) The trial of Bolo Pasha begins in Paris (see Feb. 14). Feb. 5 (Tues.) The Anchor liner _Tuscania_, transporting American troops, is sunk by a submarine off Ireland (166 lives lost). Feb. 8 (Fri.) The Germans attack French positions north of the Chemin-des-Dames and are repulsed. Feb. 9 (Sat.) Peace is concluded between the Central Powers and the Ukraine Republic. Feb. 10 (Sun.) It is announced by Trotsky that Russia is out of the war ('while desisting from signing a formal treaty of peace the state of war with the enemy Powers is ended') (see March 2). Feb. 11 (Mon.) A French air-raid on Metz.