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==1915 (Monday)==
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*Local attack by Germans, after heavy [[bombardment]], fails at [[Dixmude]].
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*Severe fighting on whole front north of the [[Vistula (river)|River Vistula]] .
|'''Western Front'''
*Fighting goes in favour of Russians round [[Osovyets]].
*|Local attack by Germans, after heavy [[bombardment]], fails at [[Dixmude]].
*Despite heavy losses, Austrians continue to attack at [[Baligrod]].
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*Russians checked at [[Kosziowa]] (southern [[Carpathians]]), but retain positions by a counter-attack.
|'''Eastern Front'''
*[[Dardanelles]]: Operations hindered by bad weather.
*|{{tb}} Severe fighting on whole front north of the [[Vistula (river)|River Vistula]] .
*Heraclea (Eregli) ([[Asia Minor]]) and neighbouring coast [[bombarded]] by Russian [[Black Sea]] fleet.
*|{{tb}} Fighting goes in favour of Russians round [[Osovyets]].
*[[Ostend]] bombed.
*|{{tb}} Despite heavy losses, Austrians continue to attack at [[Baligrod]].
*[[Greece]]: M. Zaimis having refused to form a ministry, King Constantine summons M. Gounaris who forms a cabinet.
*|{{tb}} Russians checked at [[Kosziowa]] (southern [[Carpathians]]), but retain positions by a counter-attack.
*In a council at Vienna, the Emperor Francis Joseph accepts the principle of a rectification of frontiers in favour of [[Italy]].
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|'''Southern Front'''
==Notes==
*|[[Dardanelles]]: Operations hindered by bad weather.
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==References==
|'''Naval and Overseas Operations'''
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*|{{tb}} Heraclea (Eregli) ([[Asia Minor]]) and neighbouring coast [[bombarded]] by Russian [[Black Sea]] fleet.
==Acknowledgements==
*|{{tb}} [[Ostend]] bombed.
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|'''Political'''
*|{{tb}} [[Greece]]: M. Zaimis having refused to form a ministry, [[King Constantine]] summons M. Gounaris who forms a cabinet.
*|{{tb}} In a council at Vienna, the Emperor Francis Joseph accepts the principle of a rectification of frontiers in favour of [[Italy]].
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[[Category:Great War events by day|068]]
[[Category:Great War events in March|08]]
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