8 March

1915 (Monday)

 * Local attack by Germans, after heavy bombardment, fails at Dixmude.
 * Severe fighting on whole front north of the River Vistula.
 * Fighting goes in favour of Russians round Osovyets.
 * Despite heavy losses, Austrians continue to attack at Baligrod.
 * Russians checked at Kosziowa (southern Carpathians), but retain positions by a counter-attack.
 * Dardanelles: Operations hindered by bad weather.
 * Heraclea (Eregli) (Asia Minor) and neighbouring coast bombarded by Russian Black Sea fleet.
 * Ostend bombed.
 * Greece: M. Zaimis having refused to form a ministry, King Constantine summons M. Gounaris who forms a cabinet.
 * In a council at Vienna, the Emperor Francis Joseph accepts the principle of a rectification of frontiers in favour of Italy.