A Zeppelin raid on the east coast of England and the Midlands (five killed). April 13 (Sat.) The British repulse German attacks from Météren to Wulverghem and recapture Neuve Eglise. The Caucasus:--The Turks capture Batoum and 3000 prisoners. April 14 (Sun.) The British withdraw from Neuve Eglise. April 15 (Mon.) The resignation is announced of Count Czernin, the Austrian Foreign Minister, following on the publication by M. Clemenceau of a letter by Emperor Karl, dealing with the claims of France to Alsace-Lorraine. The Germans capture Bailleul and Wulverghem. A British naval force sinks ten German trawlers in the Kattegat; their crews are saved. April 16 (Tues.) The British withdraw from the Passchendaele Ridge. April 17 (Wed.) Bolo Pasha is shot at Vincennes (see Feb. 14). The Belgians repulse German attacks near Bixschoote and capture 700 prisoners. The British withdraw from Wytschaete and lose Météren; a German attack on Kemmel Hill is completely repulsed by the British; French reinforcements enter the battle along the ridge south-west of Ypres. April 18 (Thur.) Lord Milner succeeds Lord Derby as British Secretary of State for War. The Germans attack in strength from Givenchy to the Lys and are repulsed with heavy loss. The French attack in the Avre Valley, south-east of Amiens, and advance to the outskirts of Castel. April 19 (Fri.) The British gain ground at Givenchy and Festubert. April 20 (Sat.) British and German light naval forces are engaged in the Bight of Heligoland. April 23 (Tues.) St. George's Day. Guatemala declares war on Germany. The Germans attack on the Amiens Front, at the junction of the French and British armies; they capture the village of Villers-Bréttoneux from the British but elsewhere are repulsed. British naval forces (Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes in chief command) raid Zeebrugge and Ostend in the early morning with a view to blocking the entrances to the harbours. Storming parties land on the Mole at Zeebrugge, while three obsolete cruisers, the _Intrepid_, _Thetis_, and _Iphigenia_, filled with concrete enter the harbour; these are sunk at the entrance of the Bruges Canal. Two other block ships, the _Brilliant_ and _Sirius_, are sunk near the entrance to the harbour at Ostend. In the action at Zeebrugge the British destroyer _North Star_ is sunk. The famous German airman, Baron von Richthoven, is shot down in the Somme Valley. April 24 (Wed.) On the Amiens Front the British recapture Villers-Bréttoneux. Syria:--Arab forces seize 53 miles of the Hedjaz railway south of Maan. April 25 (Thur.) The Germans capture Kemmel Hill. H.M.S. _Cowslip_ (sloop) is sunk by a submarine off Cape Spartel. April 26 (Fri.) German attacks at Locre and Voormezeele are repulsed. April 27 (Sat.) Mesopotamia:--General Marshall captures Kifri. April 29 (Mon.)