WARS OF THE 'NINETIES. 826 March 17.— Slatinreaches Assouan after his escape from Omdurman,4 „20-26.— Japanese expedition to the Pescadores Islands,631 April 1.— Col. Kelly begins his march over the Shandur Pass (n. w.f.), 452 M 2.— Marshal Martinez Campos sails from Cadiz to take command in Cuba, 211 „ 3.— General Low storms the Malakand Pass (n.w. F.), March 10.— Relief ofKandano (Crete),642 „ 25.— Cretan insurgents take Malaxa blockhouse and are bombardedby the International fleet, 642 April10.— Greek raid at Baltinon (Macedonia),651 „ 16.— Greek raid at Karya,651 „ 17.— Fighting on Thessalian frontier,615 „ 18— War declared by Turkey— B. of the Meluna Pass, 6>5 „ 18.— Fighting begins in Epirus, near Arta— attacks on Prevesa,671 „ 19.— Greek invasion of Epirus,672 „ 23,24.— Greeks retreat from Larissa and the Thessalian frontier, 663 „ 2s.— Turks occupj- Larissa, 666 „ 27.— First B.of Velestino, 683 „ 28.— British diplomatic mission to Abyssinia arrives at Menelek's capital, 41 „ 29.— Greeks in Epirus driven back to Arta, 675 „ 29,30.— SecondB.of Velestino— Greek victory,684 May.— Soudanrailway completed to head of 3rd Cataract, 43 „ 5.— B. of Pharsala, 689 „ 5,6.— ThirdB.of Velestino, 694 „ 8.— Surrender of Volo to the Turks,696 „ 12.— Second Greek invasion ofEpirus, 699 ,, 15,16.— Greeks again retireto Arta, 701 „ 17.— B. of Domokos— defeat of the Greeks, 702 ,, 17.— Armistice ends theGreco-Turkish war,710 June 4.— Dervishes fail to recapture Reeaf,119 „ 10.— £>rsaster atMaizar in the Tochi Valley(n.w.f.),464 July 1.— The Emir Mahmoud takes Metemnth and massacres the Jaalin, ,47,113 ,, 6.— Flight and revoltofMwanga, King ofL'ganda, 796 „ 19.— Mwanga defeated by-Major Ternan, 796 „ 25-28.— General Corrie Bird with the Tochi Field Force destroys Maizar (n.w.f.), 469 „ 26.— Rising at theMalakand Camps (N. w.*-.), 470 Aug. 2.— Relief of Chakdara Fort (n.w.f.),478 7.— The Mohmundsattack Shabkadr Fort nearPeshawur, 484 „ 7.— General Hunter captures AbuHamed (s.), 52 „ 9.— Defeat of the Mohmunds at Shabkadr (n. w.f.),484 „ 17.— Sir Bindon Blood invades Swat— B. of Landaki (n\ w.f.), 480 „ 2.— Fort Ali Musjid and Fort Maude (Khyber Pass) taken by the Afridis,484 „ 25.— The Afridis takeFort Lundi Kotal,486 „ 26.— The Orakzais rise— righting on the Samana Range (n. W.F.), 486 Sept,— Berber occupied by theEgyptian army,56 „ — Victoria de las Tunas captured by the Cubans under Garcia, 222 „ 12 — Tribesmen take Saragheri Fort and attack Fort Gulistan (N.W. F.),487 „ 13.— Action at Nawagai (n.w. f.),491 „ 15.— Gen. Yeatmann-Biggsrelieves Fort Gulistan, 4S7 ,, 16.— Gen. Jeffrey's action m the Mamund valley (jj. W.F.), 447 „ 9— Kelly's action at Cholakwat(n. w.f.),453 M 12.— Gen. Duchesne lands at Mojanga, 750 13 — Fighting onthe PanjkoraRiver(n.w. f.),45 „ 13.— Kelly's victory at Nisa Gol, 454 „ 17.— Treaty of Shimonoseki (c. & J.), 633 ,, 17.— The Sortie from Chitral, 458 „ 19.— Siege of Chitralraised, 460 „ 22.— Defeat of Kabarega near Mruli (e.a.), 795 June 13.— French takeMevatanana,Madagascar, 750 Aug. 22.— French take Andriba, 752 Sept. 29.— Gen. Duchesne attacks theMalagasy army near Antananarivo, 753 „ 30.— Capture of Antananarivo, 754 Dec. 8.— Italians defeated by Abyssinians at Amba Alagi, 8 ,, 29. — TheJameson raiders cross the Transvaal border, 728 1896. Jan. I.— Jameson's fight at Krugersdorp, 730 „ 2,— Action at Dornkop— Jameson surrenders, 732 ,, 17.— British troops occupy Coomassie, 778 ,, 18.— Martinez Campos recalled from Cuba, 214 „ 28.— General Weyler leaves Spain to take command in Cuba, 215 March I.— B. of Adowa— Italians defeated by Mcnelek, 10 „ 12.— Advanceof Egyptian army on Upper Nile ordered, 13 „ 20.— Akasha occupied (s.),15 ., 23.— Nativerisingin Matabeleland— begins, 734 April 2, 3.— Italians under Col. Stevanidefeat Dervishes before Kassala, 18 „ 14, 15.— Dervishes defeatedby Suakingarrison at Taroi and Khor Wintri, 19,20 „ 22, 24.— The settlers defeat the Matabelenear Buluwayo, 736 May I.— Cavalry action with Dervishes near Akasha, 21 „ 25.— Matabele defeatednear Buluwayo,738 June 1.— The French occupy Dem Zebehr in the Bahr-cl-Ghazal, 62 „ 6.— Matabele defeated nearBuluwayo,739 3, 7.— The Sirdar defeats the Dervishes at Ferkeh or Firket, 23 8.— Col. Burn-Murdoch takes Suarda (s.), 28 15.— Revolt in Mashonaland, 74(1 T7, 18.— Capt. Mahon'sreconnaissance to the 3rd Cataract, 30 July 5.— Matabele stronghold at Tabas-i-Mhamba taken, 740 „ 20.— Capture of Babyan's stronghold in the Matoppo Hills, 491 Oct. I.— Mutiny ofthe Soudanese troops inUganda,797 „ 16, 17.— The Nile flotilla bombards Metemneh,58 „ 18.— First B. of Dargai(n. w.f.), 497 ,, 19.— Defeat oftheUganda mutineers, 797 ,, 20— Second B. of Dargai,499 ,, 29.— B. of the Sempagha Pass, 503 „ 31.— B. of the ArhangaPass, 506 Nov.1.— Marshal Blanco arrives at Havana as Governor-74 ., 23.— The trench occupy Meshra-er-Rek in the Bahr-el-Ghazal,63 Aug. 5.— Great defeatof the Matabele in theMatoppos, 74; „ 21.— Mr.Rhodes meetsthe Matabelechiefs in theMatoppos, 745 „ 27.— Bombardment of Zanzibar, 804 Sept. 19.— B. of Hafir— the Nile gunboats pass the Dervish batteries,32 ,, 23.— Occupation of Dongola,36 ,, 26.— The Nile flotilla reaches Merowe,38 Oct.— Weyler's"Concentration Order" in Cuba,219 „ 15, 10.— Wedza's strongholdin Matabeleland taken, 746 Dec. 4.— Maceo, the Cubanleader, killed, 220 General, 223 „ 7-— Action at the Khurmanna defile (n. w.f.),508 „ 8.— French occupy Nikki (w.a.), 780 "1— Action at Saran Sar (n.w.f\), 508 ,, 16.— Secondaction near SaranSar, 514 „ 18.— Occupation of Bagh, 515 „ 2T.— Submission of theAka Khel (n. w.f.),516 „ 22.— March through the Dwatoi defile, 510 Dec. 7-14.— Marchdown the Bara valley, 519 „ 22.— Dervishes driven from El rasher by the Kassala garrison (s.),67 s „ 23.— Fort Ali Musjid reoccupied (n.w. f.),523 „ 25.— Kassala handed over by Italians to Egyptian troops under Col. Parsons,65,07 ,, 26.— Lundi Kotal in the Khyber reoccupied,526 ,, 27.— Asubri captured by friendlies from Kassala (s.),67 „ 25-29.— Advance into the Bazar valley (N.W.f.),524 „ 30.— Fighting in the Khyber— death ol Sir W. Havelock-Allan, 527 1897.

Jan. 1.— Massacre of theBenin mission (w. a.), 779 „ 26.— Defeat of the Fulahs at Bida (w.a.), by the Niger Company's forces, 778 Feb.— Outbreak inCanea 639 „ 6.— French occupy Boussa onthe Niger, 780 ,, 14.— Greek troopsunder Col. Vassos embark for Crete,640 „ 16.— Britishcapture Ilorin (w.a.),778 ,, 17.— Kegafonthe Upper Nile taken from the Dervishes by Congo State forces under Chaltin,40 „ 18.— British capture Benin, 779 ,. 22.— Foreign warships fire on Cretan insurgents at Akrotiri, near Canea, 641 March 2.— The Powers call on Greece to withdraw from Crete, 1893 Jan. 3.— British troops leave Cairo for the front on the Upper Nile,08