A daily listing of Great War movements, actions, events and political involvements that took place on this day between 1914–1918. This page refreshes every day. To find out more about this project and the various sources used to compile it, see About the Great War 'on this day'.
1915 (Tuesday)
- Second Battle of Ypres: Allied attack north of Ypres checked by use of gas.
- German advance towards Shavli (Baltic Provinces).
- Dardanelles: Allies establish themselves across the Gallipoli Peninsula.
- Russians expel the Turks from Kutur (Persia).
- Baghdad railway bridge over Euphrates at Jerablus stated to be open for traffic.
- French armoured cruiser Leon Gambetta sunk by an Austrian submarine in the Adriatic.
- HMS Queen Elizabeth sinks a Turkish t.b. off Maidos.
- Submarine HMS E14 sinks a Turkish gunboat Nurel Bahr in the Sea of Marmora.
- Mr. Churchill announces that 29 prisoners from German submarines are separately confined and specially treated as a reprisal against the German submarine campaign.
- Ain ed Douleh appointed Persian Prime Minister (see 26 April and 17 August).
- Mohtashem ed Douleh appointed Persian Foreign Minister (see 26 April and 5 March 1916).
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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.