29th April 1915
Western Front
Second Battle of Ypres: Artillery duels north of Ypres; Canadians withdrawn from the Ypres salient.
Germans bombard Reims and Dunkirk.
Eastern Front
Continued German advance in Galicia; also in the Baltic Provinces; Libau-Dvinsk railway reached.
Russians repulse Austrian attacks in the Uzsok Pass.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Turks retreat from neighbourhood of the Suez Canal.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Submarine E14 sinks a Turkish transport in the Sea of Marmora.
The British admiralty collier
Cherbury, bound from Barry to Cromarty with 5,100 tons of coal, crossed paths with a German submarine
U-30 (Erich von Rosenberg-Grusczyski), on April 29, 1915, twenty-seven nautical miles west northwest of Eagle Island off Northern Island, spurring a 10-15 miles chase in which the German’s fired several shells and one torpedo at her as she zig-zagged in a futile attempt to escape. Finally, the German sub, apparently tiring of the game, came to within 150 yards of the steamer and signaled her to immediately abandon ship. Recognizing it as the courtesy it was, the Cherbury hove to and complied, thus sparing her entire crew of between 25 and 29 men. The German’s boarded the vessel, confiscated the ship’s papers and navigational equipment, and set three timed charges, by which they scuttled and sank her. The Cherbury’s crew rowed to Eagle Island Lighthouse that night and the next morning proceeded to Scotsport and Belmullet.
Political, etc.
Hundreds of thousands of respirators are donated to the British War Office after a public appeal was made after the German gas attacks.
Mr. Lloyd George announces the Government scheme with regard to alcoholic drinks.
Mehmed Selaheddin, only son of Sultan Murad V, has passed away.
International Congress of Women is held at The Hague, drawing over a thousand delegates.
Ship Losses:
HMAS AE2 ( Royal Australian Navy): Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign: The E-class submarine was scuttled in the Dardanelles following battle damage.
Cherbury ( United Kingdom): The collier was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 27 nautical miles (50 km) west north west of Eagle Island, County Fermanagh by
SM U-30 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her 29 crew survived.