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Western Front	▶ British air raid on Zeebrugge and Hoboken.	▶ Germans occupy Cloister Hoek (near Dixmude).
Eastern Front	Russian advance checked in western Poland, but make progress in the Carpathians.
Southern Front	Bulgarian Komstodjis attack the Serbs at Valandovo.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres	Russians occupy Tsria (Transcaucasia).
Naval and Overseas Operations	▶ South African forces occupy Hasuur (German South West Africa).	▶ British SS Seven Seas torpedoed off Beachy Head.
Political	▶ Bismarck centenary celebrations.	▶ Herr Dernburg is interviewed by New York Times and justifies sinking of SS Falaba.^[a]	▶ Scheme for a Dockers' Battalion at Liverpool published.

Notes

↑ Herr Dernburg declared Great Britain to be the cause of the prolongation of the war, and to have obstructed Germany in Morocco and Mesopotamia. Suggested freedom of the seas and the retention of Belgium as a basis on which Germany could make peace; later offered evacuation of Belgium, if England would grant freedom of the seas and liberty for German expansion outside Europe.

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[1] Herr Dernburg declared Great Britain to be the cause of the prolongation of the war, and to have obstructed Germany in Morocco and Mesopotamia. Suggested freedom of the seas and the retention of Belgium as a basis on which Germany could make peace; later offered evacuation of Belgium, if England would grant freedom of the seas and liberty for German expansion outside Europe.

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 ==1915 (Thursday)==
+{| class="wikitable timeline"
-*British [[air raid]] on [[Zeebrugge]] and [[Hoboken]].
+|-
-*Germans occupy [[Cloister Hoek]] (near [[Dixmude]]).
+|'''Western Front'''
-*Russian advance checked in western [[Poland]] but make progress in the [[Carpathians]].
+|{{tb}} British [[air raid]] on [[Zeebrugge]] and [[Hoboken]].
-*Bulgarian ''Komstodjis'' attack the Serbs at Valandovo.
-*Russians occupy Tsria ([[Transcaucasia]]).
+|{{tb}} Germans occupy [[Cloister Hoek]] (near [[Dixmude]]).
+|-
-*South African forces occupy [[Hasuur]] (German south-west Africa).
+|'''Eastern Front'''
-*British {{SS|Seven Seas}} torpedoed off Beachy Head.
+|Russian advance checked in western [[Poland]], but make progress in the [[Carpathians]].
-*Bismarck centenary celebrations.
+|-
-*Herr Dernburg is interviewed by New York Times and justifies sinking of {{SS|Falaba}}.<ref group="note">Herr Dernburg declared [[Great Britain]] to be the cause of the prolongation of the war, and to have obstructed [[Germany]] in Morocco and Mesopotamia. Suggested freedom of the seas and the retention of [[Belgium]] as a basis on which Germany could make peace; later offered evacuation of Belgium, if England would grant freedom of the seas and liberty for German expansion outside Europe.</ref>
+|'''Southern Front'''
-*Scheme for a Dockers' Battalion at Liverpool published.
+|Bulgarian ''Komstodjis'' attack the Serbs at Valandovo.
+|-
-==Notes==
+|'''Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres'''
-<references group="note"/>
+|Russians occupy Tsria ([[Transcaucasia]]).
-==References==
+|-
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+|'''Naval and Overseas Operations'''
-==Acknowledgements==
+|{{tb}} South African forces occupy [[Hasuur]] (German [[South West Africa]]).
-{{acknowledgements-GW}}
+|{{tb}} British {{SS|Seven Seas}} torpedoed off Beachy Head.
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+|-
+|'''Political'''
+|{{tb}} Bismarck centenary celebrations.
+|{{tb}} Herr Dernburg is interviewed by New York Times and justifies sinking of {{SS|Falaba}}.<ref group="lower-alpha">Herr Dernburg declared [[Great Britain]] to be the cause of the prolongation of the war, and to have obstructed [[Germany]] in [[Morocco]] and [[Mesopotamia]]. Suggested freedom of the seas and the retention of [[Belgium]] as a basis on which Germany could make peace; later offered evacuation of Belgium, if England would grant freedom of the seas and liberty for German expansion outside Europe.</ref>
+|{{tb}} Scheme for a Dockers' Battalion at Liverpool published.
+|}
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 [[Category:Great War events in April|01]]
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