4th January
First Attempt to relieve Kut begins: relieving force begins advance from Ali Gharbi.
6th January
H.M.S. "King Edward VII" sunk by mine off North of Scotland.
Action of Sheikh Sa'ad (Mesopotamia) begins.
7th January
Evacuation of Helles (Gallipoli Peninsula) begins (see 8th and December 28th, 1915).
8th January
Evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula completed
10th January
Mount Lovchen (Montenegro) taken by Austrian forces.
Corfu occupied by French forces
Russian offensive towards Erzerum begins
12th January
Armistice concluded between Montenegro and Austria.
21st January
First British Attack on Hanna (Mesopotamia): First Attempt to relieve Kut fails
24th January
First Military Service Bill passed by British House of Commons (see February 10th).
27th January
Great Britain: The Military Service Act is passed by Parliament, imposing conscription on all single men aged 18 to 41 in Great Britain. Exemptions were made for men in essential war work, those declared medically unfit, religious ministers, and conscientious objectors. (The period of conscription was in force until 1919).
29th January
Last German airship raid on Paris.
31st January
Airship raid on England; furthest penetration westwards; casualties 183.