The Year 1915
On 1 March, on the Northwest Front, the Russian 1st Army suffered heavy losses in attacks on German Armeegruppe Gallwitz between Mlawa and Chorshele. The German offensive on Niemen River collapsed. There were signs of a German retreat. Heavy fighting continued between Grodno and Osovets.
On the Southwest Front, the Russian 3rd and 8th Armies repulsed Austro-Hungarian attacks in the Carpathians.
On the Caucasian Front, Russian troops moving down the Black Sea coast captured the small Turkish port at Hopa.
On 2 March, on the Northwest Front, the Russian 10th, 12th and 1st Armies continued their offensive on the Niemen River, reporting having taken over 10,000 German prisoners. On the Southwest Front, the Russians bombarded Czernowitz. The Austro-Hungarians were repulsed at Lupkow Pass in the Carpathians.
On 3 March, the Russians recaptured Stanislau and the village of Krasna, taking over 6,000 prisoners. The Russians continued to repulse Austro-Hungarian attacks in the Carpathians.
On the Turkish Front, the Russian cruiser Askold joined the Allied Fleet at the Dardanelles. She had been in the Mediterranean Sea when the war broke out.
On 4 March, on the Southwest Front, the Russians captured 13,000 more prisoners near Stanislau. The Austro-Hungarians continued fierce attacks in the Carpathians.
On 5 March, on the Northwest Front, the Germans were concentrating strong troop units between Thorn and Mlava. The German 9th Army was in heavy fighting near Stolniki.
On the Southwest Front, the Russians crossed the Bystritza River in the east Carpathians, threatening the Austro-Hungarian flank.
The Governments of Austria and Hungary agreed on the necessity of ceding Austrian districts with an Italian population, but only if Italian neutrality could be guaranteed.
In early March, Danish intermediaries reported to Berlin that the Tsar and his Foreign Minister Sazonov had firmly rejected any idea of a separate peace.
On 6 March, on the Northwest Front, the German 8th Army engaged in heavy fighting near Lipnicki.
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