Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: 45 Royal Flying Corps Sopwith Camel fghters and Spads (2 lost) attack Rumbeke airfield southeast of Roulers from 400ft, also claim 7 German aircraft in air combats.
Sopwith Camel fighter in flight:
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Horses struggling to pull supplies through the mud of Ypres: © IWM (E(AUS) 963):
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Violent artillery action on Aisne front.
The Jocks, an entertainment troupe of the British 15th Division, at Blangy, France: © IWM (Q 6107):
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German zeppelin
LZ-85/L-49 (one is factory designation, the other naval designation) brought down in France after encountering mechanical problems and fuel leaks after bombing England:
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Eastern Front
Operation Albion: German conquest of the Baltic Islands completed. Islands of Dago and Schilden captured by Germans.
Germans retire to Skuli-Lemburg line 30 miles east of Riga to prepared positions.
Southern Front
Macedonia: Germans report French attack repulsed between Skumbi valley and L. Ochrida.
Italian Front: Czech officer deserter warns Italians of offensive on October 26 between Plezzo and sea; 2 Rumanian deserters warn of breakthrough to come at Tolmino. General Capello (flu) hands Second Army to newcomer General Montuori; returns from Padua on October 22 when attack imminent, but illness again forces relinquishment. Austro-German attack postponed from October 20 to 24, their guns begin to register.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Baltic: Operation Albion: British submarine sinks German transport in Gulf of Riga.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: Turkish troops driven across Diala river.
Political, etc
Russia: Lenin returns to Petrograd from Finland (by now estimated 240,000 Bolsheviks).
Poland: Allies recognise Polish National Committee.
Greece: Archbishop of Athens degraded for "Anathema" ceremony of 25 December 1916.