Ottomans retook Sair Bair ridge at Gallipoli.
The British launched their last major offensive at Gallipoli, attacking a summit near Suvla Bay, but ultimately withdrawing.
Czar Nicholas II, grossly overestimating his capabilities, removed Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army and personally took over the position.
It was a bad move in more ways than one.
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This was in error originally posted for August 20, 1915. This entry is expanded.
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The 1915 Galveston hurricane reached the center of the Gulf of Mexico and turned northwards towards the U.S. coast.
There was much ado about Carranza.
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The 1915 Galveston Hurricane brushed by Cuba as it became a category 4 storm.
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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.
Border raiders attacked Sebastian, Texas, killing former lawman A. L. Austin and his son Charles. He was likely specifically targeted by the raiders due to his history of himself targeting Mexican-Americans during his days as a lawman.
German troops launched a chlorine gas bombardment on the Russian garrison of Osowiec Fortress. Russians traumatized by gas launched a heroic successful counterattack, called the Attack of the Dead men due to their appearance.
The British landed reinforcements at Suvla as part of a new offensive at Gallipoli. The British launched a diversionary attack at Krithia Vineyard as part of this. Australians attacked Lone Pine, ANZACs at Sari Bair.
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