16 February

1915 (Tuesday)

 * Sharp infantry action in Champagne and the Argonne. French counter-attack at Norroy repulsed.
 * Continued fighting on East Prussian front, Russians falling back on the River Nieman.
 * Further German reverse at Kosziowa.
 * Austrians take Kolomea (Bukovina).
 * Albanians driven over Serbian frontier.
 * Oyem (Cameroons) occupied by French forces.
 * British Government decide to send a 29th Division to the Dardanelles (see 20 February and 25 April).
 * British Government extend prohibition of "trading with the enemy" to territories in British, enemy, or friendly occupation.
 * Renewed Franco-British air-raid on Ostend, Zeebrugge, and other points in Belgium.
 * German reply to USA Note about submarine "blockade". USA Note to United Kingdom about seizure of cargo of Wilhelmina.