25 April

1915 (Sunday)

• Second Battle of Ypres: Germans retake Lizerne; British repulsed at St. Julien.
• Germans capture and lose summit of Hartmannsweilerkopf (Alsace).
• Severe fighting near Styrj.
• Dardanelles: Anglo-French forces land on both shores of the Straits.
• Russian Black Sea fleet shells the forts of the Bosporus (see 27 March).
• Herr Dernburg in USA outlines unofficial German peace terms.

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.