Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: Continued lack of activity today, due to continued heavy rains.
France: Haig and Petain meet at Amiens, former agrees by November 2 to extend BEF line to Oise.
Aisne: French repulse attack on Vauclere Plateau, west of Craonne.
Two Frenchwomen visit the site of their ruined home in Beaurains: © IWM (Q 6103):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...665019980791808
Eastern Front
Operation Albion: Moon Island and Dagö Island (Baltic) captured by German forces (see 11th and 12th).
Germans claim 5,000 PoWs.
Southern Front
Renewed local fighting on Trentino and Carnia fronts.
Naval and Overseas Operations
‘This destroyer is needed to sink Hun submarines’ reads the sign on the right. This US destroyer was built in 17 days:
https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...royer.jpg?ssl=1
The SS
Antilles, a US transport, sunk yesterday by
U-62, resulting in 62 deaths; the deadliest US military loss in the war so far:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...316979138871296
East Africa: Report re: German activity near Jibuti (French Somaliland).
Battle of Nyangao and Mahiwa: Fighting continues round Nyangoa; considerable casualties on both sides.
Harnorce KAR and Gold Coast Regiment with 2 armored cars just hold Major Kraut’s counter-attack at Lukuledi Mission and occupy it on October 19.
Political, etc
Germany: (Listed for yesterday): German Socialists in the Reichstag threaten to vote against a 10 billion Mark war loan unless Chancellor Michaelis resigns.
Russia: Kerensky decides to move capital to Moscow. Kuban Cossack Rada declares republic.
War Minister proposes 2.5 million reduction in Army to improve moral; all politics to cease after elections from November 15. 43,000 out of 210,000 Russian officers unemployed but still 121 Austro-German divisions on Eastern Front.
Turkey: Kaiser Wilhelm and Sultan Mehmed V visiting the Dardanelles: © IWM (Q 98410):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...301880311500807
United States: Dutch shipping in American ports to be utilised.
Navy Secretary Daniels calls Liberty loan U-boat*(on display New York) ‘
this stiletto of modern warfare’; 58 German national aliens arrested at Hoboken Docks NJ (without warrant).
Hoover launches lower food price campaign.