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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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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German forces tried to take back Hartmannswillerkopf unsuccessfully.
The Ottomans cracked down on Armenians violently at Van.
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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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