2nd July 1915 On this day:  Appointments   train Two lieutenants resume duties   Lt. Hampson returned from leave this morning, and Lt. Grellier from temporary duty with the 5/Scottish rifles. War diary RAMC 19th Field Ambulance, Erquinghem-Lys Battle of Áland Islands 1915    The Battle of Aland Islands, or the Battle of Gotland, which occurred on the 2nd July 1915, was a naval battle between the German and Russian forces, assisted by a submarine from the British Baltic Flotilla. It took place in the Baltic Sea off the shores of Gotland, Sweden which was neutral in World War I. The German mine-laying cruiser SMS Albatross, screened by the armoured cruiser SMS Roon, the light cruisers SMS Augsburg and Lübeck with seven torpedo boats, under Kommodore Johannes von Karpf, was laying mines off the Åland Islands. On the morning of 2 July, they were intercepted by a Russian squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Admiral Makarov and Bayan with the light cruisers Oleg and Bogatyr, under Rear Admiral Mikhail Bakhirev. In the artillery duel that followed, Albatross was badly damaged and beached on the Swedish coast. In the second phase of the battle, German armoured cruiser Roon and Russian Bayan fought each other at distance without serious damage. Reinforcements on both sides sailed to join the engagement. The Russian armoured cruiser Rurik joined the fight as the German force retreated and met the old light cruiser Lübeck, which took her for the destroyer Novik. Lübeck managed to escape in the short but fierce fighting when Roon intercepted Rurik. Both sides duelled each other at far distance, but again no damage was inflicted by either side. As the German armored cruisers SMS Prinz Adalbert and Prinz Heinrich sailed to reinforce the German squadron, Prinz Adalbert was torpedoed by the British. John Doran  Return to Trenches  Relief  A Nervous Night  Route March  Trench Work  Orders  Working Party  In Trenches  In the Line    Heavy Shelling      Reliefs  Reliefs  In Billets  At Rest  In Bivouac  Shelling  Stores  Into Trenches  Trench Work  Training  In Reserve    A "Good Shoot"  Inspection of Gas Helmets etc.  On the Move  Courts Martial Can you add to this factual information? Do you know the whereabouts of a unit on a particular day? Do you have a copy of an official war diary entry? Details of an an incident? The loss of a ship? A letter, postcard, photo or any other interesting snipts? If your information relates only to an individual, eg. enlistment, award of a medal or death, please use this form: Add a story.

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Remembering those who died this day, 2nd of July 1915. Lt. George Pierce Armstrong. 34th Sikh Pioneers Read their Story. Dvr. George Burke. 46th Bde. Royal Field Artillery Pte. T. Davis. 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. T. Davis. 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Hunt. 3rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Spr. Benjamin James. 171st Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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