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.
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Acknowledgements
Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War:On This Day and associated index. Data has been gleaned from two main sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principal Events 1914-1918 (1922). The information in these works were deemed correct at the time of their respective publication dates, and may not accurately represent present-day histories, spelling of place names, political, and geographical boundaries. Click here for a full list of sources.