1 May

1915 (Saturday)

• Second Battle of Ypres: Repulse of German attack on Hill 60; British ordered to withdraw to new line.
• Germans occupy Shavli and approach Libau (Baltic Provinces).
• Austro-German offensive towards the Uzsok Pass.
• Battle of Gorlice-Tarnow begins (see 5 May).
• Dardanelles: Turks attack the Allied line at Gallipoli.
• Battle of Dilman (North Persia).
• Two German torpedo boats sunk by British destroyer in North Sea.
• Union forces occupy Kubas (German south-west Africa).
• SS Gulflight torpedoed without warning: damaged, but reaches port. First US ship attacked by German submarine (see 19 February and 13 March).
• Navigation resumed again between England and Holland.
• Chinese Note to Japan requiring the restoration of Kiao-chau, and making other demands.

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.