9--Monfalcone occupied by Italians, severing one of two railway
lines to Trieste.

June 9--United States sends second note on "Lusitania" case.

June 22--The Austro-Germans recapture Lemberg.

July 2--Naval action between Russian and German warships in the Baltic.

July 8--Germany sends reply to note of June 9 and pledges safety to
United States vessels in war zone under specified conditions.

July 15--Germany sends memorandum acknowledging submarine attack on
"Nebraskan" and expresses regret.

July 15--Conquest of German Southwest Africa completed.

July 21--Third American note on "Lusitania" case declares Germany's
communication of July 8 "very unsatisfactory."

July 12-Sept. 18--German conquest of Russian Poland. Germans capture
Lublin (July 31), Warsaw (Aug. 4), Ivangorod (Aug. 5), Kovno (Aug. 17),
Novo-georgievsk (Aug. 19), Brest-Litovsk (Aug. 25), Vilna (Sept. 18).

July 25--American steamship "Leelanaw" sunk by submarines; carrying
contraband; no lives lost.

Aug. 4--Capture of Warsaw by Germans.

Aug. 19--White Star liner "Arabic" sunk by submarine; 16 victims, 2
Americans.

Aug. 20--Italy declared war on Turkey.

Aug. 24--German ambassador sends note in regard to "Arabic." Loss of
American lives contrary to intention of the German Government and is
deeply regretted.

Sept. 1--Letter from Ambassador von Bernstorff to Secretary Lansing
giving assurance that German submarines will sink no more liners without
warning. Endorsed by the German Foreign Office (Sept. 14).

Sept. 4--Allan liner "Hesperian" sunk by German submarine; 26 lives
lost, 1 American.

Sept. 7--German Government sends report on the sinking of the "Arabic."

Sept. 8--United States demands recall of Austro-Hungarian ambassador,
Dr. Dumba.

Sept. 14--United States sends summary of evidence in regard to "Arabic."

Sept. 18--Fall of Vilna; end of Russian retreat.

Sept. 25-Oct.--French offensive in Champagne fails to break through
German lines.

Sept. 27--British progress in the neighborhood of Loos.

Oct. 4--Russian ultimatum to Bulgaria.

Oct. 5--Allied forces land at Saloniki, at the invitation of the Greek
Government.

Oct. 5--German Government regrets and disavows sinking of "Arabic" and
is prepared to pay indemnities.

Oct. 6-Dec. 2--Austro-German-Bulgarian conquest of Serbia. Fall of Nish
(Nov. 5), of Prizrend (Nov. 30), of Monastir (Dec. 2).

Oct. 14--Great Britain declared war against Bulgaria.

Nov. 10--Russ