2 May

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.

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.