October 26, 1915:
Air War:
1005 hours German pilot Max Immelmann, flying a Fokker E.I, shoots down Vickers FB-5 'Gun Gus' 5462 for kill number 5. Cpt Charles Curtis Darley and 2nd Lt R.J. Slade are both wounded and taken prisoner.
???? (unknow time) French pilot Jean Navarre, flying a Morane 'N', shoots down and LVG two-seater for kill number 3.
Atlantic Ocean:
Canadian schooner Lornina, 104 tons, goes missing while en route from Esquimaux Point, Newfoundland to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a cargo of codfish.
Peruvian freighter SS Pachitea, 4,767 tons, bound from Callao to Valparaiso with a load of sugar and wine, runs aground and is wrecked on Lomas Rock, Chile.
Dardanelles:
British freighter SS Milo, 1,057 tons, is sunk as a blockship to protect the North Beach landing site from bad weather.
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