3 April

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1915 (Saturday)

French take Regniéville (Woevre).
Russian attacks repulsed in the Carpathians.
Severe fighting north of Czernowitz.
French expeditionary force begins to land at Alexandria.
Turkish cruiser Medjidia sunk by a mine off Odessa; Indecisive action in the Black Sea between SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau, and part of the Russian Fleet.
South African forces occupy Warmbad (German south-west Africa).
Greece: Publication of a memorandum of 24 January 1915 by M. Venizelos to King Constantine on Greek foreign policy.^{[note 1]}
American military mission, attached to the German Staff, recalled.
Russian Imperial ukase issued granting municipal self-government to Russian Poland (see 14 August 1914 and 5 November 1916).
Dover Straits barrage completed.

Notes

↑ Venizelos asserted that Greece was bound by treaty to help Serbia against a Bulgarian invasion; suggested the cession of Kavalla to Bulgaria in the last resort in view of the danger to Hellensim in event of a German-Turkish victory.

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.

[1] Venizelos asserted that Greece was bound by treaty to help Serbia against a Bulgarian invasion; suggested the cession of Kavalla to Bulgaria in the last resort in view of the danger to Hellensim in event of a German-Turkish victory.

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