Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: Battle of Polygon Wood ends (see September 26th). German attack repulsed north of Menin road between Tower Hamlets and Polygon Wood.
Champagne: Preparations for German attack east of Reims broken up.
Verdun: Violent artillery duel on Verdun front.
Eastern Front
Dvinsk: Intense artillery duel in Jakobstadt region.
Bukovina: Artillery stop fierce Central Powers’ attack 7 miles north of Romanian frontier.
Bulgarians attack Romanians north of mouth of Buzeu river.
Southern Front
Italians repel continued Austro-Hungarian attacks on San Gabriele.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Italian airmen bomb vessels in harbor of Cattaro.
Mediterranean: Local convoys start, through convoys by October 30, up to three per week from October 15. Indian Cape trade diverted to Port Said for through Mediterranean convoy (first two lose 5 ships, but next four unscathed). Japanese mainly escort troopships.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: Russians take Nereman village, 50 miles north of Mosul.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Count Czernin issues Peace program.
Germany: 350 crewmen of the German dreadnought Prinzregent Luitpold stage a protest against the war (2 are later executed, the rest imprisoned). (Perhaps this is the “mutiny” that was referenced a couple of days ago).
Kaiser Wilhelm II congratulating Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg on this 70th birthday at Spa, Belgium: © IWM (Q 79578):
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Russia: Meeting of Democratic Conference in Russia.
United Kingdom: Britain prohibits exports to neutral Netherlands & Scandinavian countries without license to prevent goods entering Germany through them.
British Board of Trade announces 1.256 million jobs formerly held by men before the war are now done by women.Winston Churchill, Minister of Munitions, says British artillery fired 4 times more shells at Ypres than at the Somme for the same period.
Canada: Sir W. Laurier (Canada) resigns.