1915 (Monday)
- Second Battle of Ypres: Germans pierce British line at Broodseinde: French recover Het Sas; British fail to recover St. Julien.
- British airmen bomb Courtrai and various neighbouring places.
- Dardanelles: Hill 141 stormed and V Beach secured.
- Russian advance on Olty (Armenia).
- The last German raider overseas (armed merchant cruiser SS Kronprinz Wilhelm) interned at Newport News, USA (see 14 March).
- French cruiser Léon Gambetta sunk by Austrian submarine in Straits of Otranto.
- Germans repulsed at Trekopjes, north-east of Swakopmund (German south-west Africa).
- Lord Kitchener and Mr. Asquith on German barbarity.[note 1]
- Secret agreement signed in London between Italian Government and the Entente for Italian co-operation in the war and declarations by which Italy adheres to the Pact of London (see 5 September 1914, 4 May, 30 November and 1 December 1915).
- Mushir ed Douleh, Persian Prime Minister, resigns (see 14 March and 27 April).
- Muavin ed Douleh, Persian Foreign Minister, resigns (see 20 February and 27 April).
Notes
- ↑ Lord Kitchener stated that Germany had stooped to acts which vie with those of the Dervishes. Mr. Asquith, in the Commons, stated that reparation would be exacted from all proved to have been guilty of such acts.
References
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.