Monday, April 26, 1915. Leaving one Triple and joining another. French remounts travel through Laramie.

The secret Treaty of London was signed in which Italy agreed to abandon the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austro Hungaria and join the Triple Entente in exchange for Austro Hungarian territory.

Canadians attacked St. Julien again, but were once again forced back.

Horses in transit to the French Army travelled through Laramie.

German colonial forces attacked the South African-held town of Trekkopje in South West Africa but were repulsed by a unit of armored cars equipped with machine guns.

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Sunday, April 15, 1915. Gallipoli.

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Monday, May 3, 1915. In Flanders Fields.

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae of the Canadian Army, whom a great aunt of mine served with, wrote In Flanders Fields.

Italy officially left the Triple Alliance.

Russian forces retreated from Gorlice.

Australian, New Zealand and British forces withdrew from Baby 700, a hill at Gallipoli after sustaining 1,000 casualties.

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

Labels: 1910s, 1915, Armenian Genocide, Defense of Van, Ottoman Empire, Turkey

Saturday, August 1, 1914. Germany declares war on Russia.

Germany declared war on Russia and started to mobilize.

Germany and Russia shared a common border in Poland at the time, parts of which were occupied by both empires.

Italy, part of the Triple Alliance that included Austro Hungaria and Germany, declared neutrality in the war breaking out on the basis that the alliance was defensive, not offensive, in nature.

Germany accepted a British offer to guarantee French neutrality.

The Royal Navy ordered two British battleship to prevent the SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau from breaking out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic.

The New York Stock Exchange closed due to the war.

The Swiss National Park was established.

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Friday, July 31, 1914. Russia mobilizes.

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