19 February

1915 (Friday)

 * French make a little progress at Les Eparges (east of Verdun).
 * Heavy fighting in the Vosges; Germans take the Reichsackerkopf and occupy Metzeral and Sondernach.
 * Russian counter-offensive on East Prussian frontier.
 * Sorties at Przemsyl repulsed.
 * Austrian offensive on the River Dunajec checked after slight advance.
 * Russian retreat near Nadworna.
 * Stanislau (Galicia) captured by Austrian forces (see 30 October 1914, and 4 March 1915).
 * Bombardment of forts at entrance to Dardanelles by five British and three French battleships and battle-cruisers (see 18 March).
 * Norwegian SS Belridge torpedoed in Channel (but not sunk) and reaches port. First ship torpedoes by German submarine without warning.
 * Memoranda published by British Government in reply to USA Notes about the neutral flag and SS Wilhelmina.