Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: The cathedral at Ypres in ruins: © IWM (Q 2829:
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A barbed wire “gate” inside a British trench to close off access during raids: © IWM (Q 6021):
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German attack on Apremont Forest (St. Mihiel) fails.
Stuttgart, Colmar, Thionville and Saarburg bombed by French
Britain: Haig approves Byng’s Cambrai tank attack scheme.
Meuse: French repulse attack on Apremont Forest (St Mihiel).
France: The La Courtine Massacre: Loyal Russian troops (3rd Brigade) with 75mm mle 1897 battery storm La Courtine internment camp to suppress mutinous Bolshevik 1st Brigade (Globa), 200 miles south of Paris.
Two British officers enjoying beer at an officer’s club in Abbeville in the Somme: © IWM (Q 5960):
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Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: German position at Kalimoto (north of Mahenge) captured.
Belgian troops (Colonel Huyghe) pursue.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Arabia: Lawrence leads 100 Arabs against Mudauwara Station on Hejaz Railway, blows up and captures Turkish train (over 180 casualties including Austrian gunners) to south on September 19 and returns to Aqaba on September 21. ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ in British uniform:
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Palestine: Major-General Bols succeeds Lynden-Bell (appointed October 27, 1915) as Allenby’s EEF CoS.
Political, etc
Russia: General Kaledin, Hetman of Don Cossacks, declares loyalty to Government.
United States: Entire sugar industry in the United States is put under federal control to stabilize supply and prices.