The British and ANZAC troops gave up ground at Chunuk Bair.
The German Navy cleared the Gulf of Riga of mines and entered it, but withdrew after the SMS Moltke was hit by a torpedo from a British submarine.
The British liner Arabic was sunk by the U-24. The U-27 was sunk by the HMS Baralong.
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As if border raids weren't enough of a problem for Texas, the 1915 Galveston hurricane became just that on this day, being observed north of Barbados.
The Battle of Lone Pine concluded at Gallipoli with the Australians taking 2,277 men killed or wounded, with Ottoman estimates were estimated between 5,000 and 6,000. The Ottoman's prevailed, but at a heavy price.
The Ottomans overwhelmed British defenses at Chunuk Bair.
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Hard fighting at Gallipoli continued on.
British forces were ordered to capture Hill Q at night, but disorientation and friendly fire caused the effort to fail.
British infantry of the 32nd Bde were to exhausted after a night march and were destroyed in a Ottoman bayonet charge.
Fighting died down at Lone Pine.
Swedish diplomat Cossva Anckarsvärd released a report stating: "It is obvious that the Turks are taking the opportunity to, now during the war, annihilate the Armenian nation so that when the peace comes no Armenian question longer exists."
The HMS Lynx struck a mine in the North Sea and sank.
The German auxiliary cruiser SMS Meteor was scuttled in the North Sea.
The news of yesterday's fighting in Texas hit the front pages in Casper.
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The Landing at Suvla Bay, designed to revive Allied hopes at Gallipoli, disintegrated into being a mess.
A second attack occurred at Krithia Vineyard. Ottoman replacements began a counter offensive at Lone Pine. A local attack at Chunuk Bair was successful but slow, leading to increased losses at the Battle of the Nek, where the 3d Light Horse Brigade engaged in a charge of Ottoman positions.
Carrancistas in support of the Plan of San Diego raided the Norias Ranch near Kingsfield Texas, but were held off by Texas Rangers and local peace officers.
Ian Hamilton, commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, met with Gen. Frederick Stopford and noted that progress a Suvla Bay was too slow. He pushed Stopford to up the hour of an attack on Ottoman defenses by twelve hours.
Reports began to come out of Syria that Armenians were dying in droves.
A New Zealand assault on Chunuk Bair failed. Albert Downing, age 29, a former New Zealand rugby player, for the New Zealand national rugby union team and the Marist Brothers Old Boys RFC was killed in the fight. William George Malone, age 56, commanding the New Zealand troops was as well.
The German High Seas Fleet attempted to clear Russian minefields around the Gulf of Riga
The Ottoman battleship Barbaros Hayreddin, formerly the SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Marmara off Bolayır, Turkey by British submarine HMS E11.
The British armed merchant cruiser SS India was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Bodø, Nordland, Norway by German submarine SM U-22.
The Austro-Hungarian submarine SM U-12 struck a mine and sank in the Venetian Lagoon.
The British armed boarding steamer SS The Ramsey was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by German auxiliary cruiser SMS Meteor.
The Catholic Centre Party was established in Portugal. It had already won one seat.
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