Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: Three German flame attacks between Tower Hamlets and Polygon Wood repulsed.
British soldiers resting on a mound of spent shell-casings beside the Ypres-Menin road: © IWM (Q 2915):
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Airplane raid on London: 4 machines penetrate defenses (another source says 6 of 11 dispatched) ; 14 killed, 38 injured.
Germans gain temporary footing at Berry-au-Bac (Aisne river).
St. Denis Westrem again bombed.
AEF (American Expedition Force) personnel in Europe total 61,927 soldiers.
British claim of 5,296 prisoners and 11 guns, etc., taken by British during September.
A large German trench mortar captured by the Canadians, with a dog inside the tube:
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German soldiers posing for the camera on the Western Front:
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Southern Front
(Listed for yeaterday): Italian troops extend their lines on the southeastern part of the Bainsizza (Banjšice) Plateau, taking 1,400 Austria-Hungarian prisoners.
Successful Italian attack on Bainsizza Plateau; 600 prisoners taken.
Italian Front: 56,000 Italian deserters (Cacdorna’s report of November 3), monthly desertion rate 5,500 (July to September) vs 650 in 1915.
RNAS Handley Page (Flt Cdr J Alcock) forced to ditch in Gulf of Xeros by Turk anti-aircraft fire, 3 crew PoWs.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Allied and neutral shipping loss to U-boats: 159 ships (68 British with 293 lives) lowest since January or 338,242t (German figure 353,602t including 111,241t in Mediterranean). Record of 11 U-boats lost. Only 6 ships lost over 50 miles from land (September to December), ie the convoy system is forcing U-boats inshore.
Ships of an Allied convoy arrive at an unknown port:
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U.S. Navy makes the longest radio communication record, transmitting 5000 miles from Sayville, New York to Honolulu, Hawaii.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
British troops defeat and capture the Ottoman forces defending the city of Ramadi (Iraq).
Political, etc
Germany: During September Rear Admiral Souchon returns to Germany from Turkey to command High Seas Fleet 4th Battle Squadron, Vice-Admiral Rebeur-Paschwitz in command of Turkish Navy.
Russia: Non-Slav Congress at Kiev demands autonomy for all Russian nationalities.
Turkey: Mustafa Kemal protest letter to Enver Pasha and resignation as Seventh Army Commander at Aleppo. He urges defensive strategy and independence from Germany; best divisions lose 50% of strength before reaching Front in Palestine; ‘Public life is in full anarchy’. Fevzi Pasha replaces him.
United States: In these days Royal Flying Corps Advanced HQ opens at Fort Worth, Texas, helps train 10 American squadrons on 3 airfields for RFC (until April 1918).
China: Sun-yat-Sen arrested for organizing revolution at Canton.