25th July 1915
Eastern Front
Enemy reaches Posvol and Poneviezh district on the Dvina.
Russian Government evacuates factories at Riga and Warsaw.
Enemy troops cross Narev above Ostrolenka.
Southern Front
Italians progress on Lower Isonzo.
Barracks at Verona bombed.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Nasriya shelled, attacked and occupied by British troops under General Gorringe.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea
E.16, submarine, E-class, 667/807t, 1-12pdr/5-18in tt, Cdr C Talbot, sailed Yarmouth 24th for Ems, next morning kept under by air patrols. Apparently trapped in anti-submarine net near Borkum Riff LV, struggled to surface to find Zeppelin overhead, bombs dropped as she struggled clear, got free an hour after first entanglement.
German submarines sink 6 French and British ships in the last 24 hours, after a brief lull in shipping attacks in the past few days.
U.S.A. steamer "Leelanaw" torpedoed.
Q-ships to be commissioned as ‘naval tenders’ so as not to be pirates under Hague Convention.
French occupy Lomie in Cameroons; rising in Zemen district, Germans retreat.
Aviation
Lanoe Hawker shoots down 3 German planes in an engagement over Passchendaele (he will become the 1st British ace).
Political etc.
British Government guarantee to Greece eventual cession of Mitylene by Turkey.
American Red Cross announces it will cease work in Europe on October 1st due to the lack of funds.
Russian prisoners of war held by Germany and Austria-Hungary surpass 1.5 million men.
U.S. Asiatic fleet offers to help Chinese authorities for relief work in the Canton delta, which is suffering from unprecedented floods.
Ship Losses:
Celtic ( United Kingdom): The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north by west of Hoy, Orkney Islands (59°53′N 1°18′W) by
SM U-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Cydonia ( United Kingdom): The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north by west of Hoy (59°53′N 1°18′W) by
SM U-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Emblem ( United Kingdom): The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north by west of Hoy by
SM U-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Firth ( United Kingdom): The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) by
SM UB-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Gadwall ( United Kingdom): The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north by west of Hoy (59°53′N 1°18′W) by
SM U-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
G. P. Harbitz ( Norway): The barque was intercepted, set afire and scuttled in the North Sea (56°35′N 2°33′E) by
SM U-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her twelve crew were rescued by Else ( Denmark).
Harboe ( Norway): The schooner was set afire and sunk in the North Sea by
SM U-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her nine crew were rescued by the trawler Hercules ( Netherlands)
Honoria ( United Kingdom): The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) west north west of North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands by
SM U-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Leelenaw ( United States): The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of the Orkney Islands (59°58′N 4°50′W) by
SM U-41 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sognedalen ( Norway): The sailing ship was sunk in the North Sea (56°26′N 2°26′E) by
SM U-6 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Political cartoon published in Life, depicting alleged German atrocities.
