Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: German attacks near Reutel repulsed. Steady rain falling. Haig refuses Plumer and Gough’s request to close down Ypres offensive.
Champagne: Powerful German raid repulsed by French.
The damaged cathedral at Albert, Somme, with the falling statue on the spire:
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Aisne: French (Maistre) attack Chemin des Dames and clear Germans from road after month-long series of bloody localized actions. Attack and counterattack fail round Craoone on October 8.
Eastern Front
Baltic Provinces: German attack 28 miles east-north-east of Riga repulsed.
Southern Front
Artillery active on Bainsizaa Plateau, and on Carso.
Austro-Hungarian attack on Massif of Costabella repulsed.
Salonika: Brigade-General Corkran arrives to be CIGS representative with Serbian Army.
Naval and Overseas Operations
German
U-293, interned at Cadiz, escapes from Spain. Enquiry ordered by Spanish Prime Minister.
Insurance premiums for American vessels traveling across the Atlantic is reduced by 25% due to successful measures against U-boats.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: Great artillery activity on Gaza front
Political, etc.
Russia: M. Aleksandr Kerenski forms Coalition Government.
France: Paris Chamber announces scantiest harvest for 50 years in France. Luxuries cut down to make tonnage for import of grain.
Women and children plowing in France. Agriculture was back in pre-industrial times, while research and technology were on high-speed for warfare:
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Uruguay: Uruguay breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany.