6 May

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1915 (Thursday)

Second Battle of Ypres: British recover some trenches on Hill 60.
Austrians occupy Tarnow (Galicia).
Dardanelles: Second battle of Krithia begins (see 8 May and 28 April).
Mr. Harcourt makes a statement as to poisoning of wells by Germans in south-west Africa.^{[note 1]}

Notes

↑ General Botha protested against the poisoning of wells; the German commander admitted the fact and gave as an excuse that the wells were marked poisoned.

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] General Botha protested against the poisoning of wells; the German commander admitted the fact and gave as an excuse that the wells were marked poisoned.

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