Western Front
Second Battle of Passchendaele phase of the
Third Battle of Ypres: The destroyed square of Ypres:
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Dunkirk, Calais, Belfort bombed: 1 of 3 Gotha bombers (2 attack Calais) sent drops 8 bombs between Burnham and Southend. Hit and run raid (11 bombs) against Dover at night October 30-31.
Southern Front
Isonzo: Twelfth Battle Of Isonzo, aka, the Battle of Caporetto (until November 9): Austro-Hungarians drive Italians back along Carnia front. Below orders Tagliamento bridges’ seizure; Italians blow Codroipo bridges prematurely leaving 12,000 men on wrong side, but XXIV Corps holds off pursuit to cross flooding river lower down. Third Army crosses Isonzo. Cadorna issues preliminary orders for retreat to Piave. 3 Italian cavalry brigades charge Austro-German advanced guards west of Udine on October 30. Cadorna communique blames Second Army for collapse.
Blown-up bridges, such as the railway viaduct of Salcano near Gorizia over the Isonzo, present serious obstacles to the advance of the forces of the Central Powers:
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German troops after their capture of Udine, Italy: © IWM (Q 60438):
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Austro-Hungarian troops entering the city of Gorizia, Italy after its capture:
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Salonika: 8 German fighters shoot down 2 of 5 Royal Flying Corps aircraft after they bomb Cestovo dump (also bombed on November 5).
Naval and Overseas Operations
(Listed for yesterday): US troopship SS
Finland is damaged by German submarine SM
U-93, resulting in 9 deaths. Ship in Brest, France, for repairs, revealing damage:
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East Africa: General Northey captures Liwale; Germans driven south-east.
Baltic: German battleship
Markgraf mined in Irben Strait, Gulf of Riga. Capital ships subsequently withdrawn back to High Seas Fleet due to mine and British submarine threat (3 battleships attacked).
Eastern Mediterranean: Anglo-French naval bombardment of Gaza resumes (average by 1 cruiser, 4 monitors, 2 gunboats, 2 destroyers).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: Third Battle of Gaza: See naval action, above.
Political, etc
Germany: Kaiser Wilhelm tells Austro-Hungarian Emperor “Forward with God,” in the congratulation message for the ongoing offensive against Italy.:
United Kingdom: Parliament's thanks voted to Navy and Army.
Italy: (Listed for yesterday): Eugenio Elia Levi, Italian mathematician known for his work on group theory and other mathematical fields, is killed in action at Caporetto:
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United States: 2nd Liberty Bond is bought by 9.4 million people, exceeding the $1bn goal, raising $3.8 billion dollars for the U.S. war effort:
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Propaganda on Germany’s postwar plans for the world, produced by the National Security League, a U.S. nationalist organization:
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“Coney Island,” short comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle and starring him and Buster Keaton, is released:
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