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1915, Anzac Cove, Australia, Battle of Sari Bair, Battle of the Gulf of Riga, Belgium, British Army, British Empire, Dardanelles, Daugavpils, Dvinsk, Germany, Hooge, Imperial German Navy, Kovno, Krithia, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Ottoman Empire, Riga, Royal Navy, Russia, sinking, submarine, Turkey
British progress reported in Gallipoli; advance of 200 yards along a front of 300 yards east of the Krithia road; British position at Anzac consolidated, and area held “nearly trebled.” Admiralty announce the sinking of a Turkish gunboat, Berk-i-Salvet, by a British submarine in the Dardanelles. German fleet in the Gulf of Riga again driven off. Russians preparing to evacuate Kovno and Dvinsk. British positions at Hooge secured.