8 May

1915 (Saturday)

• Second Battle of Ypres: British lose Frezenberg Ridge under terrific shelling.
• Battle of Frezenberg Ridge (Ypres) begins (see 13 May).
• Second Battle of Krithia ends (see 6 May and 4 June).
• Battle of Sanok and Rzeszow begins (see 14 May).
• Germans take Libau.
• Further Russian retreat in Galicia.

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.