Graphic Year of 
1915
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| 1915 |
| Jan 24: NAVAL B. of Dogger Bank |
Feb 3: MIDDLE EAST Turks make unsuccessful attack on Suez Canal 6 - March 21: EASTERN FRONT Russians driven from East Prussia 18: NAVALGerman submarine blockade begins 19 - April 6: British attacks on the Dardanelles: 26 - April 2 - Entrance cleared |
Mar 18 - Attack on the Dardanelle Narrows fails 8 - 15: WESTERN FRONT Battle of Neuve Chappelle |
| Apr 9: GALLIPOLI Under Generals Sir Ian Hamilton and d'Amade, British and French forces concentrate outside the Dardanelles April - July MIDDLE EAST Turkish massacres of 800,000 (?) Armenians 22 - May 24 WESTERN FRONT Second Battle of Ypres 25 - 28 April GALLIPOLI British troops land at Gallipoli. Heavy fighting. 28 April - 03 July EASTERN FRONT Massive Austro - German attacks in Galicia. Severe Russian losses |
May 7: NAVAL Lusitania torpedoed 9: WESTERN FRONT Battle of Aubers Ridge 15 - 25: WESTERN FRONT Battle of Festubert 26: British Coalition government formed |
June 26 - July 4 WESTERN FRONT Battle of the Argonne |
| July 15 - Sept 30 EASTERN FRONT Serious Russian defeats in Poland and Western Russia |
Aug 6 - 10: GALLIPOLI Landings and Battle of Sulva Bay |
Sept |
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Dec |
1915
06 - 10 August
GALLIPOLI
Landings and Battle of Sulva Bay
19 September -
early December
BALKANS
Austro - German invasion of Serbia. Serbia
suffers heavy defeats
21 September -
December
SALONIKA
Anglo - French attacks in Macedonia.
25 September -
end of October
WESTERN FRONT
Franco - British attacks in Champagne and
Artois.
-- Battle of Loos
-- 29/09 Vimy Ridge captured
14 - 19 October
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Allies declare war on Bulgaria
November
GALLIPOLI
Decision taken to retire from Dardanelles
19 December
WESTERN FRONT
General Haig appointed Commander-in-Chief
of British forces.
20 December
GALLIPOLI
Anzac and Sulva Bays evacuated