DIARY OF THE WAR
APRIL, 1915
| Apr 01 – | British airmen raid the submarine bases at Antwerp and Zeebrugge. |
| " 05 – | The King gives orders that no wine, spirits or beer are to be consumed in any of his households. |
| " 08 – | An attempt was made on the life of the Sultan of Egypt. |
| " 09 – | The capture of Eparges reported by the French. German losses there estimated at 30,000 men. |
| " 11 – | The Kronprinz Wilhelm arrived in Hampton Roads, USA. |
| " 12 – | Count Bernstorff, the German Ambassador at Washington, protests against the exportation of munitions from the United States to the Allies. |
| " 13 – | Munitions Committee appointed under Chairmanship of Mr. Lloyd George. – Germans reported to be assisting the Austrians in the Carpathians. – Price of quartern loaf raised to 8½d. |
| " 14 – | Zeppelin raids over north-east coast. |
| " 15 – | The Allies make a notable advance on Notre Dame de Lorette. – Total British casualties reported at 139,347. |
| " 16 – | Zeppelin raid over East Coast. – Government abandoned its original proposals for dealing with drink trade. – Victory over Turks reported from Euphrates. |
| " 17 – | British transport Manitou reported as sunk by Turkish destroyers in the Ægean. Fifty-one lives lost. |
| " 18 – | British submarine E15 ran ashore in the Dardanelles. |
| " 20 – | Mr. Asquith spoke at Newcastle-on-Tyne. |
| " 22 – | Germans first make use of poison gas. |
| " 23 – | Reports from Ypres indicated that the Allies had been forced to give ground at St. Julien; the Germans attacked with poison gasses. |
| " 25 – | Expeditionary force landed at various points on the Gallipoli Peninsula to attack the forts of the Dardanelles. |
| " 26 – | Prince of Wales's Fund exceeded £5,000,000. |
| " 30 – | Zeppelin raid on Suffolk. – The Germans invade the Baltic Provinces. – Dunkirk shelled by the Germans. |
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