1915 (Thursday)
- Violent indecisive fighting between Four-de-Paris and Bolante.
- Russians occupy Memel, East Prussia (see 21 March and 17 February).
- Continued Austrian attacks repulsed in the Carpathians and Bukovina.
- Dardanelles: Allied Naval attack on the Narrows; two forts destroyed (see 19 February).
- HMS Ocean, HMS Irresistible, and the French warship Bouvet sunk; French warship Gaulois is damaged.
- Romania calls up seven classes (1909-1915).
- General Sir John Nixon appointed Cormmander-in-Chief British Forces in Mesopotamia (see 9 April).
- British Government conclude agreement with American cotton interests that cotton should be contraband.
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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.