Western Front
Second Battle of the Somme: Numerous battles representing differing aspects or sectors come to an end, including:
Second Battles of Arras, 1918 (see August 26th);
Second Battle of Bapaume (see August 31st);
Battle of the Scarpe. British advance rapidly beyond Drocourt-Queant line towards Canal du Nord, capture Lecluse, Rumancourt and Baralle. Lens occupied by British forces (see October 4th, 1914) after German evacuation and retreat rapidly between Queant and Peronne. In the Lys sector, Allies capture Richebourg-St. Vaast. South of Peronne, French cross Somme at Epenancourt. East of Noyon, French reach outskirts of Salency.
France: Foch issues general order specifying unremitting attacks all along the line.
Germany: Ludendorff secret order deplores defeatist talk by men on leave.
Two well-laden British soldiers in action:
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Western Front, Air: Allies claim 55 German aircraft (Germans admit loss of 8 for 30 Allied).
A British soldier holds up a magpie at a captured German machine-gun post near Péronne: © IWM (Q 11269):
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Mounted Australian troops of the 13th Light Horse Regiment near Péronne: © IWM (Q 11325):
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Wounded American soldiers and a nurse at a military hospital in Neuilly, France:
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German troops coming back from the Battle of the Bapaume after losing it to New Zealand troops:
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Ruins of Lens, France after its capture by the Allies:
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Southern Front
Austro-Hungarians re-take two observation posts from Italians between Mt. Mantello and South Matteo.
Salonika: 6 RAF S.E.5a and Sopwith Camel fighters destroy 4 of 6 German aircraft encountered after lone Bristol photo recon monoplane shot down into Lake Doiran.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: 6 Royal Navy monitors fire 550 shells (including 52 x 18-inch shells from General Wolfe at 36,000 yards) at Snaeskerke rail junction and bridge 4 miles south of Ostend despite German aircraft bombing (repeated September 29, October 2 and 3).
Neutrals, Chile: 7 of 32 interned German steamers partially sabotaged by crews, but Chilean troops board.
Political, etc
Russia: Fanya Kaplan is executed by the Soviets for attempting to assassinate Vladimir Lenin. The Soviets had abolished executions in 1917, but quickly reversed their decision:
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United States: United States Government recognizes the Czechoslovaks as possessing a de facto Government (see August 13th and October 21st).