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Western Front	French repulse all counter-attacks at Les Éparges.
Eastern Front	▶ Attempted renewal of offensive by Germans in northern Poland.	▶ Failure of Austrian attacks and progress by Russians in the Carpathians.
Naval and Overseas Operations	▶ Home Waters: The first passenger ship (British SS Falaba) sunk by a German submarine (see 13 March and 20 October 1914).^[a] (see 13 March and 20 October 1914).	▶ Russian Black Sea fleet bombards the forts on the Bosporus.	▶ Smyrna forts shelled.

Notes

↑ The SS Falaba, bound for South Africa, was torpedoed and sunk south of the St. George's Channel on this day in 1915, with a loss of 100 lives including many women and children, the passengers being given only five minutes to take to the boats.

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[1] The SS Falaba, bound for South Africa, was torpedoed and sunk south of the St. George's Channel on this day in 1915, with a loss of 100 lives including many women and children, the passengers being given only five minutes to take to the boats.

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 ==1915 (Sunday)==
+{| class="wikitable timeline"
-*French repulse all counter-attacks at [[Les Éparges]].
+|-
-*Attempted renewal of offensive by Germans in northern [[Poland]].
+|'''Western Front'''
-*Failure of Austrian attacks and progress by Russians in the [[Carpathians]].
+|French repulse all counter-attacks at [[Les Éparges]].
-*The first passenger ship (British {{SS|Falaba}}) sunk by a German submarine<ref group="note">The {{SS|Falaba}}, bound for South Africa, was torpedoed and sunk south of the St. George's Channel on this day in 1915, with a loss of 100 lives including many women and children, the passengers being given only five minutes to take to the boats.</ref> (see [[13 March]] and [[20 October]] 1914).
+|-
-*Russian Black Sea fleet [[bombard]]s the forts on the [[Bosporus]].
+|'''Eastern Front'''
-*[[Smyrna]] forts [[shell]]ed.
+|{{tb}} Attempted renewal of offensive by Germans in northern [[Poland]].
+|{{tb}} Failure of Austrian attacks and progress by Russians in the [[Carpathians]].
-==Notes==
+|-
-<references group="note"/>
+|'''Naval and Overseas Operations'''
-==References==
+|{{tb}} Home Waters: The first passenger ship (British {{SS|Falaba}}) sunk by a German submarine (see [[13 March]] and [[20 October]] 1914).<ref group="lower-alpha">The {{SS|Falaba}}, bound for South Africa, was torpedoed and sunk south of the St. George's Channel on this day in 1915, with a loss of 100 lives including many women and children, the passengers being given only five minutes to take to the boats.</ref> (see [[13 March]] and [[20 October]] 1914).
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+|{{tb}} Russian Black Sea fleet [[bombard]]s the forts on the [[Bosporus]].
-==Acknowledgements==
+|{{tb}} [[Smyrna]] forts [[shell]]ed.
-{{acknowledgements-GW}}
+|}
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