21 January

Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 21 January.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 21 January on The Great War wiki.

1915 (Thursday)

Template:WF French take woods near the farm of Beauséjour, but lose ground in the Bois-le-Prêtre.
Template:EF Further Austrian attack at the Kirlibaba Pass repulsed.
Template:NO British SS Durward sunk by submarine near Maas lightship.
Template:PO H.M. Ambassador at Washington announces that SS Dacia, if captured, will be placed in a Prize Court.^[1]

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)

↑ The Dacia, a vessel of the Hamburg-Amerika line, had been lying at Port Arthur, Texas, since the outbreak of war. With the permission of the United States Government, she was bought by an American citizen of German origin, Breitung by name, who purposed to send her to Bremen with a cargo of cotton shipped by American citizens. The destination, however, was afterwards changed to Rotterdam. The point at issue was the validity of the transference to neutrals of vessels belonging to a belligerent. Cotton not being treated as contraband at this time, the British Government offered, if the ship were seized, to purchase the cargo or have it forwarded without charge to Rotterdam.