21 January

1915 (Thursday)

 * French take woods near the farm of Beauséjour, but lose ground in the Bois-le-Prêtre.
 * Further Austrian attack at the Kirlibaba Pass repulsed.
 * Lieut-Gen. Erich von Falkenhayn succeeded as German Minister for War by Lieut-Gen. Wild von Hohenborn (see 30 October, 1916). Von Falkenhayn remains Chief of the General Staff (see 29 August, 1916).
 * British SS Durward sunk by submarine near Maas lightship.
 * H.M. Ambassador at Washington announces that SS Dacia, if captured, will be placed in a Prize Court.