Western Front
Battle of the Somme: French, after sharp fighting, repulse counter-attacks at Bois de Chaulnes (south of Somme) and take 1,702 prisoners.
Eastern Front
Transylvania: First Battle of Oituz (until October 27): Rumanian Fourth Army (Prezan) eventually halts Arz’s Austro-Germans on border (until October 22).
Southern Front
Italian front carried forward 2,000 yards in direction of Mt. Pecenka, attack on Veliki Hriak.
“Decisive” fighting in Mt. Pasubio region.
Italian line advanced to foot of Mt. Roite (farther border of Cormagnon).
French carry Bulgarian first lines west of Gevgeli.
Battle of the Carso: Italian troops claim the capture of 5,034 Austro-Hungarians as they advance on the Carso Plateau.
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: 1/2nd KAR defeat c.76 Germans in Kilwa, push to Fort Kibata (seized October 14).
Political, etc.
Germany: King Otto of Bavaria passed away. He had been deposed in 1913 due to mental illness:
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United Kingdom: PM Asquith-“This war cannot be allowed to end in some patched-up, precarious & dishonoring compromise masquerading under the name of peace.”
United States: In Bayonne, New Jersey, 10,000 strikers clash with police, resulting in the shootings of 4 policemen and 21 strikers.
Greece: Greek Government accept Entente demands: 2 battleships and armored cruiser Averatt stripped of shells and breech blocks, crews reduced to 1/3. Allies tow cruiser Helle, 19 destroyers and torpedo boats, 2 submarines and 12 auxiliaries to Keratsini. French hoist tricolour on them and occupy Salamis Arsenal (November 7).
Norway: Norway prohibits belligerent submarines from using her territorial waters. (Ban extended to all foreign submarines on February 1, 1917).