Western Front
Six German aeroplanes bomb Sheerness, etc.; 132 killed, 96 injured, mostly naval ratings.
Third Battle of Ypres: British front slightly advanced near St. Julien.
Champagne: French raid gas tanks on Souain-Somme Py road.
Damage caused by German bombardment of Dunkirk, France:
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Bruges again bombed.
Eastern Front
Battle of Riga (aka the
Battle of Jugla): Riga finally completely evacuated by Russians, forts and bridges blown up, etc. German 2nd Guard and 1st Reserve divisions enter Riga,
Germans claim many thousands of prisoners about 150 guns.
German troops enter Riga after the withdrawal of Russian forces:
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Kaiser Wilhelm and Prince Leopold of Bavaria in Riga after its capture by the Germans: © IWM (Q 23955):
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German troops rest in front of a church in Riga:
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Battle of Marasesti (Rumania) ends (see August 6th): Germans gain only 5 miles on 18-mile front, taking 18,000 PoWs and 22 guns. General Morgen reports 61 Rumanian counter-attacks; they claim 65,000 German casualties since August 19.
Southern Front
Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo: Five Italian aeroplanes drop pamphlets over Vienna informing the people about the recent Italian victory on the Carso plateau.
Pola bombed again.
Naval and Overseas Operations
German warships break into Gulf of Riga and shell Livonian villages. Last 2 Russian destroyers leave Riga which mine gulf entrance. Russian/Soviet ships do not re-enter Riga until 1940,
Channel: Armed boarding steamer HMS
Dundee sunk by U-boat.
Political, etc
Russia: Boris Stürmer, former Russian Prime Minister, dies while in captivity by the Provisional Government:
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United Kingdom: Munitionettes get 2s 6d advance per week.
Italy: By now coal shortage (although Britain supplied 690,000t in August) has made 75% of trains idle, remainder burn wood and naval stocks; sailing coasters used to distribute goods.
United States: President Wilson’s message to the Army: “You are undertaking a great duty.”:
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