Western Front
Battle of Courtrai: Further advance in Flanders; Belgians close to Thourout. Menin captured by Allied forces (see October 9th, 1914), who then close on Courtrai.
British advance north-east of Lens.
Meuse-Argonne Offensive: Battle of the Argonne (see October 15th):
Battle of Champagne and Argonne ends (see September 26th). French advance along River Serre and in the Argonne.
Edward, Prince of Wales, reviewing New Zealand troops at Beauvois, France:
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Red Cross nurse feeds a wounded soldier through a tube at Souilly, France:
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Advancing British soldiers pass by Belgian refugees near Heule: © IWM (Q 7120):
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British stretcher bearers return from the front during the Battle of Courtai, while Belgian civilians watch: © IWM (Q 7119):
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Belgian civilians inspect an abandoned German machine gun post near Heule: © IWM (Q 7122):
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New Zealand troops at Beauvois, France gather around a map to see the Allies’ progress:
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Eastern Front
Volga: Pyotr Krasnov’s Don Cossack offensive threatens Tsaritsyn; Ioakim Vatsetis orders it not to be given up.
Southern Front
Serbia: Serb First Army again in action with enemy including Austrian 30th Division (from Ukraine), pursues (until October 18). First Allied train reaches Veles.
Salonika: Milne and Royal Navy C-in-C Mediterranean Admiral Calthorpe discuss combined operations vs Turkey.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Syria: Homs occupied by British cavalry.
Australian cavalry on the Damascus-Homs road as Allied troops continue to pursue Ottoman soldiers north through Syria:
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Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Austrian Lublin Government agrees to give Poles eastern districts.
Hungarian Prime Minister Sandor Wekerle arrives in Vienna and gets manifesto exemption for Hungarian crown lands.
Germany: Since September 26, 43 German reserve divisions committed in the West.
Imperial Order subjects military to civil authority. 1,500 Berliners die of flu.
United Kingdom: Two Committees on Indian reform announced.
American soldiers arriving in England before heading to the front in France:
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Emerging States: Yugoslav demand for peace based on popular rights issued.