17 April

1915 (Saturday)

 * British take Hill 60, St. Eloi.
 * Austrian offensive towards Stryj (eastern Galicia).
 * Anglo-Indian cavalry occupy Nakaila.
 * French cruiser bombards Turkish camp south of Gaza.
 * British submarine HMS E15 runs ashore near Kephez Point.
 * Turkish t.b. Demir Hissar forced by HMS Minerva to run ashore at Chios.
 * Herr Dernburg conducts a peace campaign in USA.
 * Operations of Allied Force for capture of Garua (Cameroons) begin (see 31 May).
 * First Affair of Hafiz Khor (North-West Frontier of India).