1915 (Monday)
- Local attack by Germans, after heavy bombardment, fails at Dixmude.
- Severe fighting on whole front north of the River Vistula .
- Fighting goes in favour of Russians round Osovyets.
- Despite heavy losses, Austrians continue to attack at Baligrod.
- Russians checked at Kosziowa (southern Carpathians), but retain positions by a counter-attack.
- Dardanelles: Operations hindered by bad weather.
- Heraclea (Eregli) (Asia Minor) and neighbouring coast bombarded by Russian Black Sea fleet.
- Ostend bombed.
- Greece: M. Zaimis having refused to form a ministry, King Constantine summons M. Gounaris who forms a cabinet.
- 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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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.