Monday, May 31, 1915. An Armenian provisional state.

Imperial Russian general Nikolai Yudenich arrived in Van, Turkey and appointed Armenian resistance leader Aram Manukian Governor of the Armenian provisional government.

British and Ottoman troops fought in the marshes of the Tigris between the towns of Amara and Qurna, Mesopotamia (Iraq).

The Germans pushed the French back at Souchez.

British and French colonial troops laid siege to German forts around Garua, German Cameroon.

Zeppelin L38 bombed London.

Italian Ralph DePalma won the 5th Indianapolis 500 driving a Mercedes 18/100.

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Saturday, May 29, 1915. Success against the Ottomans.

Labels: 1910, 1915, ANZAC, Art, Australian Army, Gallipoli, New Zealand Army, Ottoman Army, World War One

Thursday, May 20, 1915. Russians in Van.

The Imperial Russian Army entered Van.

British efforts at Festubert were renewed with some success.

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Wednesday, May 19, 1915. Attack at ANZAC Cove.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, ANZAC, Equine Transportation, Gallipoli, May 14 Revolt, Ottoman Army, Portugal, Turkey, World War One

Monday, May 17, 1915. Van abandoned.

Ottoman forces abandoned Van.

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Sunday, May 16, 1915. Armenian casualties.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Armenian Genocide, Central Powers, Defense of Van, German Luftwaffe, Ottoman Army, Ottoman Empire, Royal Navy, Turkey

Sunday, May 16, 1915. Armenian casualties.

The Central Powers established bridgeheads over the San.

Ottoman soldiers killed 6,000 Armenians by artillery fire while covering the evacuation of Turkish women and children from Van.

The Royal Naval Air Service intercepted two Zeppelins, badly damaging one.

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Saturday, May 15, 1915. Night attack.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Art, Battle of Festubert, British Army, Fortunino Matania, Indian Army, Singapore Mutiny, World War One

Wednesday, May 12, 1915. Mackensen ordered to advance.

General August von Mackensen was ordered to advance to the San River and establish bridgeheads on the east bank.  While that was going on, further to the south Ottoman forces were unable to slow a Russian advance on Van.

French forces at Artois took 3,000 German POWs.

South African forces took Windhoek, German South West Africa.

The U.S. Army formed its 2nd Aero Squadron.

The stuck ship of the Ross Sea party, the Aurora, was drifting northwood with the ice attempted to make a radio broadcast to the stranded members of the party at Cape Evans.

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Tuesday, May 11, 1915. Taking the high ground.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, French Army, Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, Imperial Russian Army, Second Battle of Artois, World War One

Friday, April 30, 1915. Events on either side of Turkey.

The Royal Navy Division landed at Gallipoli.

15,000 Armenian refugees were allowed into Van on the thesis that it would strain the city's food supply.

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Thursday, April 29, 1915. Things in Africa and Arabia.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, British Empire, German Empire, German Kriegsmarine, Italian Army, Italian Empire, Italy, Libya, World War One

Tuesday, April 20, 1915. Conditions worsen at Van. US aircraft shot at for the first time.

Ottoman forces laid siege to Van as tension there grew worse.

German forces attacked Hill 60 after bombarding British defenses during the day.

A U.S. aircrew and aircraft came under fire for the very first time when Mexican forces fired on a Martin biplane flying aerial reconnaissance on the U.S. border.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad went into bankruptcy.

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Monday, April 19, 1915. Failing to retake the high ground.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Alsace-Lorraine, Armenia, Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf, Defense of Van, French Army, German Army, Ottoman Empire, World War One

Monday, April 19, 1915. Failing to retake the high ground.

German forces tried to take back Hartmannswillerkopf unsuccessfully.

The Ottomans cracked down on Armenians violently at Van.

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Thursday, April 15, 1915. No mercy for the captured.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Álvaro Obregón, Battle Dilman, Battle of Celaya, Imperial Russian Army, Iran, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Ottoman Army, Pancho Villa, World War One

Wednesday, April 14, 1915. The British secure Basra.

Ottoman infantry surrendered at Basra.  The British would control the port city for the remainder of the war.

Zeppelins of the German Navy bombed England resulting in two casualties.

The Armenian Druzhina seized the lake side city of Van, Turkey.

Ernest Shackleton wrote in his log that the Endurance was at risk of being "crushed like an eggshell" by the piling mass of ice.

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Tuesday, April 13, 1915. Even matches.

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Álvaro Obregón, Battle of Celaya, Battle of Shaiba, boxing, British Army, cavalry, Indian Army, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Ottoman Army, Pancho Villa, Sports, Victoriano Huerta, World War One