27th August 1915
Western Front
British line extended: French positions taken over.
French bomb Dillingen iron works; air raids in Woevre, Argonne and Artois.
Eastern Front
Storming and fall of Brest-Litovsk.
Southern Front
Brescia bombed by Austrians.
Account published of operations in Gallipoli since 6 August.
Anzac forces again attempt to take Hill 60 at Gallipoli, but only make limited gains due to strong Ottoman defenses.
Fighting at Cattaro between Austrians and Montenegrins.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Coast of Asia Minor and Syria declared in state of blockade.
Horrible Armenian massacres reported.
Political etc.
US Department of Commerce releases findings that the US has become the world leading exporter for the first time in history.
French President Poincare, War Minister Millerand, & General Joffre issue a joint telegram expressing confidence in Russia despite defeats.
Russian Minister of War announces it will raise another 2 million men and that the fate of the war will not be decided this year.
Hans Hartwig von Beseler is made the military-governor of German-occupied Poland.
Political cartoon about Theodore Roosevelt’s belligerent attitude, titled “White House or Bust”
