1 January

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 1 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 1 January on The Great War wiki.

1915 (Friday)

Russian Offensive on the Strypa and the Styr (Galicia).^{[note 1]} Indecisive fighting in the north throughout the month.^{[note 2]}
King Peter of Serbia reaches Salonika.
British take Yaunde (Cameroons).
Canada increases her overseas force to 500,000.
Tsar appointed British Field Marshal.

Normal activity proceeding. Sir Douglas Haig promoted to Field Marshal.
Stubborn fighting in Carpathians on Moldavian frontier; slight enemy progress at various points. Enemy in touch with Sereth lines at Focsani and Fundeni.
Further enemy progress at the Macin bridgehead (Dobruja).
General Sir R. Wingate becomes High Commissioner of Egypt.
Transport Ivernia sunk by submarine in Mediterranean; 153 missing.
British carry German lines near Lissaki in the Mgeta valley (German East Africa), and pursue enemy towards the Rufiji valley at Kibambawe.
Publication of denunciation by Turkey of Treaty of Paris (1856) and Treaty of Berlin (1878).

German raids near Loos, Mericourt, and on other portions of front fail.
French repulse raid at Beaumont (Verdun).
Reported German peace term cause consternation in Russia and denounced as annexationist.^{[note 3]}
M. Litvinov appointed Bolshevik Plenipotentiary in London.
Austrians bomb Bassano, Treviso and Mestre (Venice).
Successful British raid across the Piave river.
Austrians driven from Zenson.
British advance continues north of Jerusalem.
HMS Arbutus and HMS Grive (small vessels) reported torpedoed.
Inter-allied War Purchases Committee meets in Paris.
Calcutta: All-India Moslem Association formed.^{[note 4]}

↑ General Ivanov began an offensive at the close of December and the beginning of January on a 250-mile front from the Pripet marshes to the Rumanian frontier. Heavy losses were suffered on both sides and no decisive results were obtained, but the offensive gave the Allies time to consolidate their position at Salonika.
↑ Russian aim in the northern sector was gradually to push the Germans out of their positions beforeRiga and Drinks: by content local attacks they deprived the Germans of the winter's rest promised to them by Hindenburg.
↑ Petrograd reports that German Peace Note declares occupation of Poland, Courland, Lithuania and Estonia to be an indispensable condition of peace. News of departure of British and French ships from Archangel creates deep impression and is considered premature by friends of Western Powers.
↑ "All-Indian Moselm Association," under Prince of Arcot, formed in Calcutta to oppose Home Rule doctrines of "Indian National Congress" and "All-Indian Moslem League."

Various sources contemporary to the war have been used to compile The Lonsdale Battalion On This Day. The majority of the events shown on this day (1 January), including any supplementary notes, enlistments and statistical data etc., have been primarily sourced from the Lonsdale Battalion War Diary (November 1915 to June 1918), Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) and abridged material from Timeline and Chronology of the Lonsdale Battalion (September 1914 - May 1915), which are sourced from the original DLONS/L/13/13 Lowther Estate Archives. Events from that chronology are reproduced here with kind permission of Jim Lowther (2016). They are identified and referenced separately by their unique DLONS numbers. Please do not publish these events without prior permission from the Lowther Estate. All casualty names, numbers, ranks, date of deaths and places of burial/commemoration have been sourced from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, Volume 39, The Border Regiment and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database respectively.