Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: British take 400 yards more trench at Villeret.
French troops resting & posing for the camera on the roadside near Houthem on their way to the front: © IWM (Q 2986):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...840956309254145
Eastern Front
Russian Twelfth Army takes up position 30 miles north-east of Riga; German pursuit.
Russian “Battalions of Death” counterattack German forces 32 miles northeast of Riga and manage to halt their advance in some areas.
Southern Front
Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo: ”Stormtroopers” throwing grenades on the Isonzo Front facing Italy:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...901349375373312
Albania: French troops enter Pogradec, on southwest side of Lake Ochrid (also spelled Ochrida).
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: US Atlantic Fleet C-in-C Admiral Mayo visits Grand Fleet (since September 9).
British ships of the Orion class in Moray Firth, Scotland, while American ships are in the background:
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Mediterranean: German U-boats ordered not to attack unescorted Allied hospital ships (Spanish naval officer commissioners now placed aboard to ensure neutrality).
Baltic: 2 destroyers sent from Reval to protect Petrograd against Kornilov; most officers sign loyalty oath to Provisional Government but 4 shot for refusing. Revolutionary Execution created.
Political, etc
Germany: Hindenburg and Ludendorff note to Chancellor and War Minister; many exempted workers to be called up by spring without cutting munitions production.
Russia: General Kornilov approaches Petrograd.
M. Aleksandr Kerenski assumes Dictatorship of Russia (see August 6th and November 8th) and issues proclamation declaring General Kornilov a traitor (see 8th and 13th). Provisional Government resigns.
United States: State of Maine votes down women’s suffrage by a ratio of 2 to 1.