1915 (Sunday)
- Second Battle of Ypres: German attack repulsed near St. Julien.
- Austro-Germans take Gorlitse and Ciezkowica and cross the Biala (Galicia).
- Russians take Mt. Makovoka (near Styrj), but lose it again.
- Dardanelles: Turkish attack and Franco-British counter-attack; British fail at Gaba Tepe.
- Russian Black Sea fleet shells the forts on the Bosporus.
- Union forces occupy Otjimbingwe (German south-west Africa).
- Turkish Minister of War sends British and French subjects into the danger zone at Gallipoli.
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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.