27 April

1915 (Tuesday)

• Second Battle of Ypres: Allied attack north of Ypres checked by use of gas.
• German advance towards Shavli (Baltic Provinces).
• Dardanelles: Allies establish themselves across the Gallipoli Peninsula.
• Russians expel the Turks from Kutur (Persia).
• Baghdad railway bridge over Euphrates at Jerablus stated to be open for traffic.
• French armoured cruiser Leon Gambetta sunk by an Austrian submarine in the Adriatic.
• HMS Queen Elizabeth sinks a Turkish t.b. off Maidos.
• Submarine HMS E14 sinks a Turkish gunboat Nurel Bahr in the Sea of Marmora.
• Mr. Churchill announces that 29 prisoners from German submarines are separately confined and specially treated as a reprisal against the German submarine campaign.
• Ain ed Douleh appointed Persian Prime Minister (see 26 April and 17 August).
• Mohtashem ed Douleh appointed Persian Foreign Minister (see 26 April and 5 March 1916).

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.