North Russia:--Allied forces are landed at Archangel; they occupy the town and the surrounding district. Two British destroyers, _Vehement_ and _Ariel_, are sunk by enemy mines in the North Sea (97 lives lost). Aug. 3 (Sat.) The Marne Front:--The Allied advance continues; the Germans are driven across the Vesle. The Albert Front:--The Germans retire behind the Ancre, evacuating Hamel, Dernancourt, and other villages. British troops are landed at Vladivostok. The British ambulance transport _Warilda_ is sunk by a submarine (123 lives lost). Aug. 4 (Sun.) The Marne Front:--The Americans capture Fismes; the French cross the Vesle: this ends the Second Battle of the Marne (see July 15). The Germans retire on a front of ten miles south-east of Amiens. The Caspian:--A British military mission reaches Baku; it is subsequently reinforced (see Sept. 14). Aug. 5 (Mon.) Five Zeppelins fail in an attempt to cross the east coast of England; one of them (the L70) is brought down in flames at sea. Aug. 6 (Tues.) General Foch is created a Marshal of France. The Germans attack the British lines south of Morlancourt and gain ground. The British destroyer _Comet_ is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Aug. 7 (Wed.) The British counter-attack and recapture the greater part of the ground lost near Morlancourt. The Marne Front:--The French and Americans cross the Vesle between Braine and Fismes; the French advance north of Rheims. Aug. 8 (Thur.) The Battle of Amiens begins (see Aug. 12): the 4th British Army (Rawlinson) and the 1st French Army (Débeney) attack, aided by tanks, on a front of twenty miles east of Amiens (both armies under the command of Sir D. Haig), from the neighbourhood of Morlancourt, north of the Somme, to Braches, on the Avre; the German lines are deeply penetrated and 400 guns and over 16,000 prisoners captured. The advance attains a maximum depth of seven miles. Aug. 9 (Fri.) The Franco-British advance proceeds: the British capture Rosières; the French capture Pierrepont and reach Arvillers; the battle-front extends southwards, the French attacking below Montdidier with their 3rd Army (this marks the beginning of the Second Battle of Lassigny; see Aug. 15). The Lys Front:--The Germans evacuate a number of positions; the British advance between Merville and Locon to a depth of over a mile. The Rheims--Soissons Front:--The Americans capture Fismettes. Aug. 10 (Sat.) The Franco-British advance continues on the whole front from the Ancre to south of Montdidier; the British capture Rainecourt, Méharicourt, and Bouchoir; the French capture Montdidier. Aug. 11 (Sun.) The Allies make fresh progress, particularly between the Avre and the Oise. Japanese contingents land at Vladivostok. An engagement off the Frisian coast between British naval light forces and aircraft and German aircraft: a German airship is destroyed. Aug. 12 (Mon.)