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1915
November
06
Submarine attack on Sollum
On 6 November 1915 the German submarine U-35 sank the Egyptian coastguard cutter Abbas in the bay of Sollum and damaged the Nur al-Bahr.
14
Senussi attack Sollum
In mid-November 1915 men of the Senussi order began firing on the Egyptian post at Sollum. War was beginning on Egypt's western border.
23
British abandon Sollum
On 23 November 1915 the Egyptian garrison left Sollum and sailed to Mersa Matruh, where the Western Frontier Force was gathering to fight the Senussi order.
December
13
Clash at Wadi Senab
From 11 to 13 December 1915 a column from Mersa Matruh twice fought the Senussi. The Senussi forces were driven off, but Lieutenant-Colonel Snow was killed.
25
Clash at Wadi Majid
On Christmas Day 1915 the Western Frontier Force attacked the Senussi camp near Mersa Matruh and drove the order's forces out of Wadi Majid.
1916
February
26
Charge at Agagia
On 26 February 1916 the Dorset Yeomanry caught the Senussi retreating from Agagia, broke them with a charge and captured their commander, Ja'far al-Askari.
March
01
Start of the war with the Sultan of Darfur
At the beginning of March 1916 the Governor of Sudan, Reginald Wingate, decided to strike at the Sultan of Darfur, Ali Dinar, who had sided with Turkey in 1915.
14
British retake Sollum
On 14 March 1916 General Peyton's troops entered Sollum unopposed, and the Duke of Westminster's armoured cars routed the fleeing Senussi forces.
October
17
Start of the fighting in the Dakhla Oasis
On 17 October 1916 a small British motor column from Kharga entered the Dakhla Oasis. Most of the Senussi forces had already withdrawn.
22
End of the fighting in the Dakhla Oasis
On 22 October 1916 the British finished combing the Dakhla Oasis. More than 130 men of the Senussi order were taken prisoner; the rest fled west.
1917
February
03
Fighting in the Siwa Oasis
On 3 February 1917 British armoured cars attacked the Senussi camp at Girba. Sayyid Ahmad escaped, and on 5 February the British entered Siwa.
08
End of the campaign against the Senussi
On 8 February 1917 an armoured car column returned from Siwa to Mersa Matruh. The war with the Senussi order on Egypt's western frontier was over.