Western Front
Allied (British naval and French) air raid on steel works (Hagendingen) north of Metz.
Battle of the Somme: Boelcke‘s Jasta 2 shoots down 3 RFC artillery observation aircraft.
Many supply trucks stuck in deep mud around Montauban, ammo shortages hamper Allied guns.
Battle of Verdun: Lieutenant Louis Franchet d’Esperey (son of general) of 401st Infantry Regiment killed before Fort Vaux, aged 18.
German counter-attacks at Verdun repulsed.
Stamp commemorating the French recapture of Douaumont at Verdun:
http://imgur.com/pQRsexc
Maxime Lenoir, French flying ace with 11 aerial victories, is killed in action:
http://imgur.com/oXxorxr
Eastern Front
Dobruja: Cernavoda captured by Bulgarian forces (see 22nd).
Russian victory at Dorna Vatra (Moldovia).
Southern Front
Macedonia: Five RNAS aircraft leave Imbros to fly to help Rumania, 4 reach Bucharest; 4 more aircraft sent on November 21.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Sir Reginald Wingate's despatch of 8 August published describing revolt and conquest of Darfur (January 1915 to 22 May 1916).
Naval and Overseas Operations
Mediterranean: 26 U-boats assigned (including 4 in Black Sea and 8 en route or preparing to leave).
East Africa: General Gil with Portuguese, crosses River Rovuma.
Political, etc.
United States: Henry Ford grants women equal pay with men. All workers in his factories will receive minimum wage of $5 a day (about $110 today).
Due to a spinal injury, socialist writer and activist Helen Keller cancels her lecture engagements for the season to recover.
Greece: Greek Government issue decree disbanding class 1913 and the men called up on 10 September, and agree to transfer of two corps to Peloponnesus.
Reported at Athens that “Protecting” Powers had sanctioned loan to Salonika Provisional Government.