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Great War events that took place on 1 April.
1915 (Thursday)
| 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.
Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War On This Day and its associated Index.
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Images come from scans or photographs of original sources, Wikimedia Commons, and the Imperial War Museum's online collections under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. Attribution is given separately to the latter and do not come under the general licence of this site.
Advisory note: The information in these sources may not accurately represent up-to-date histories, present-day spelling of place names, or geographical boundaries. In some instances the language used may appear sexist or derogatory to the modern reader, and in rare cases, images may depict distressing scenes.
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