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==1915 (Thursday)==
==1915 (Thursday)==
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*British [[air raid]] on [[Zeebrugge]] and [[Hoboken]].
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*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]]).
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*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.
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*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.

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==Notes==
|'''Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres'''
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|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 by day|092]]
[[Category:Great War events by day|092]]
[[Category:Great War events in April|01]]
[[Category:Great War events in April|01]]
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