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The Germans gain ground at Ypres after the first significant use of chlorine gas
Italy revokes the Triple Alliance of 1882 that aligned her with Germany and Austria-Hungary
The British passenger liner Lusitania is sunk by a U-boat, with the loss of 1000 civilian lives
Italy declares war against Austria-Hungary, but not as yet against Germany
A German Zeppelin airship makes the first bombing raid on London
South African troops capture German South West Africa
The Germans make their first effective use of a new weapon, the flame thrower, in an attack on the British in the second batte of Ypres
The emperor Nicholas II moves to military HQ to take personal command of the Russian armies
The British use chlorine gas for the first time in an attack on Loos, but in places it is blown back over the British lines when the wind changes
French and British troops land at Salonika and push north to relieve Serbia
Austria-Hungary renews its attack on Serbia, and its troops capture Belgrade
The English nurse Edith Cavell is court-martialled and executed by German forces in Belgium
Bulgaria, hoping to gain territory in disputed Macedonia, declares war on Serbia
The Serbian army flees, abandoning Serbia to Austrian and Bulgarian invaders
German armies make sufficient advances to drive the Russians out of Poland
from December - the 225-horsepower Eagle, the first of many Rolls-Royce aero-engines, is used to power British bombers
Wartime income tax soars in Britain to an unprecedented 30%
New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies sets up a plastic surgery unit at Aldershot, a British military base
The opera Goyescas, by Spanish composer Enrique Granados, has its premiere in New York
Enrique Granados, on the last leg of his return from New York, is one of many civilians to die when the Sussex is torpedoed by a U-boat in the English Channel
The occupation of the General Post Office in Dublin marks the beginning of the Easter Rising
The rebel leader Patrick Pearse stands under the portico of Dublin's General Post Office to announce the birth of the Irish republic
Roger Casement is arrested after returning secretly to Ireland three days before the Easter Rising
Eamon de Valera comes to prominence as one of the republican leaders in the Easter Rising
Britain and France sign the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement, dividing up spheres of influence in the Middle East
