Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: British take 600 yards of German trenches at Villeret (N.N.W. of St. Quentin).
Verdun: End of Third French offensive at Verdun. Meuse, right bank: heavy fighting, German counter-attack repulsed.
France: c.2,000 British troops mutiny at Etaples Infantry Base Depot (until September 14) due to poor conditions and Third Ypres reinforcement system, 3 sentenced to death after GHQ detachments restore order. British military police fires into an angry crowd of soldiers, killing a Scottish soldier.
Etaples was one of the Allied training camps for troops on the Western Front, which also served as recreational centers for soldiers from the front line. Strengthened discipline and attacks of the military police in Etaples resulted in unrest:
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A British sergeant in the trenches watching German lines with a mirror attached to his bayonet at Nieuport Bains: © IWM (Q 2876):
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Regimental dog of the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, on top of a horse near Cassel, France: © IWM (Q 3060):
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A Belgian officer reading a paper, smoking, and fishing near Pervyse: © IWM (Q 2962):
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British and Belgian officers & reporters examining a German artillery shell dud at Houthem: © IWM (Q 2945):
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Southern Front
Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo: Austrians claim 6,000 prisoners near Hermada.
Macedonia: French advance near Lake Ochrida.
Italian Front: General O Below takes command of new German Fourteenth Army for projected offensive, plans drafted by September 10; 7 German and 8 Austrian divisions with 1,000 guns (800 German) pass through Trentino onto Dravel and Sava valleys 60 miles east of Caporetto, all marches at night.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Cadiz: German submarine,
UB-49, short of oil, enters, and is interned. (it escapes Spain on October 6th).
Political, etc
Russia: Kerensky sacks Kornilov and issues arms to Petrograd Soviet. Rail workers prevent Kornilov’s advance as Soviets mobilize 25,000 workers. 3,000 Kronstadt sailors reinforce capital on September 10. Revolutionaries then Cossacks seize C-in-C Western Front General Denikin.
With German forces approaching Petrograd, partial evacuations of the city begin. The official reason blames food shortages.
United Kingdom: King's special decoration for 1914 campaign announced.
United States: U.S.A. publishes disclosures re: Swedish Legation at Buenos Aires.