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  • General August von Mackensen reaches Alexandria in southern Romania and makes contact with General Erich von Falkenhayn
  • French and Serbian troops capture Hill 1050 in Macedonia, 11kms north-east of Monastir
  • The British armed trawler HMT Narval is sunk during a German naval raid near Lowestoft on the east coast of England. The Narval’s crew are taken prisoner of war; one would die in captivity.
  • German troops surrender at Ilembula in German East Africa
  • German submarine U-52 torpedoes the French battleship Suffren in the North Atlantic off the coast of Portugal. The Suffren sinks within seconds; her entire crew of 648 perish
French battleship Suffren off the Dardanelles in 1915. Image courtesy The Dardanelles: Colour Sketches from Gallipoli

French battleship Suffren off the Dardanelles in 1915. Image courtesy The Dardanelles: Colour Sketches from Gallipoli