[Jimbuna]

27th March 1915

Western Front

French make progress at Les Eparges.

After heavy fighting, French troops capture the peak of Hartmannswillerkopf in the Vosges Mountains of Alsace.

Eastern Front

Russians repulse German attacks in the Niemen district.

Austria-Hungarian forces halt the Russian advance in the Carpathians and in Bukovina; Russians are also ousted from East Prussia.

Naval

Bosporus forts bombarded by Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Political etc.

German Field Marshal von der Goltz travels to Sofia, Bulgaria to negotiate its entry into the war.

Ship Losses:

Aguila ( United Kingdom): The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 47 nautical miles (87 km) south west of the Smalls Lighthouse by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eight lives. Some of the survivors were rescued by the trawler Ottilie ( United Kingdom).
Coleby ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 460 nautical miles (850 km) north east of Pernambuco, Brazil by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ( Kaiserliche Marine).
South Point ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Lundy Island, Devon by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Vosges ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 38 nautical miles (70 km) west by north of Trevose Head, Cornwall (50°42′N 5°35′W) by SM U-28 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.[53] Survivors were rescued by HMS Wintona ( Royal Navy).