May 5, 1915
Western Front Following another gas attack, the Germans take Hill 60. Otherwise, both sides spend their time digging in. In a postscript to the St. Mihiel battle, the French lose all the ground they spent weeks taking in Ailly Wood.
Eastern Front The Germans begin bombarding the defenses of Grodno, but are checked at Mitau.
Southwest Africa Karibib falls to the South Africans.
German East Africa A British scout plane is shot down, but the crew is rescued and they have spotted the Königsberg.
May 5, 1916
Western Front, Verdun After two days and one night of bombardment, the Germans gain a foothold on Hill 304, where the French have been unable to bring up food supplies or evacuate their wounded due to the bombardment’s intensity..
North Sea The British Grand Fleet waits at the entrance to the Skagerrak, hoping to lure out the High Seas Fleet with a seaplane raid on the Zeppelin base at Tondern. But Admiral Scheer does not respond to the provocation.
Persia The Russians defeat Turkish troops at Sermil.
Ireland Four more rebel leaders are shot with another four on the 8th. The executions turn the rebel leaders, originally rejected by Irish men and women, into martyrs
May 5, 1917
Western Front French troops take Craonne ridge, above the town.
Italian Front An Austrian attack on the Carso is repulsed.
Macedonia French and Venizelist Greek troops take Bulgarian positions on the Lyumnitsa River at Gevgeli.
Caucasus Russian troops are pulling back. The Turks follow cautiously.
Russia For two days, demonstrators assembling in the streets have shouted demands for Milyukhov’s resignation. General Kornilov reorganizes the reserves.
May 5, 1918
Portuguese East Africa Northey inflicts a reverse on Lettow-Vorbeck at Nanungu, driving him northeast.
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