4 May

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1915 (Tuesday)

Second Battle of Ypres: French advance between Lizerne and Het Sas; Germans capture Zonnebeke, Wetshoek and Zevenkote.
- Battle of St. Julien ends (see 24 April).
Severe fighting in Galicia: Russians stand on the Visloka River.
Dardanelles: British failure at Gaba Tepe.
Budget estimated expenditure £1,132,654,000 introduced by Mr. Lloyd George.^{[note 1]}

Notes

↑ Estimated revenue, £270,332,000; estimated expenditure, £1,132,654,000. Proposed drink taxes abandoned; no change in taxation beyond adjustment of income tax is case of endowment insurance.

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] Estimated revenue, £270,332,000; estimated expenditure, £1,132,654,000. Proposed drink taxes abandoned; no change in taxation beyond adjustment of income tax is case of endowment insurance.

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