Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: BEF losses 20,000 soldiers since September 20.
British troops at Zillebeke during the 3rd Battle of Ypres with a disabled British tank in the background: © IWM (Q 3224):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...223588568682496
A knocked-out British tank near Zonnebeke at the 3rd Battle of Ypres: © IWM (Q 6468):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...253801767772161
Flanders: Haig calls off long-planned and prepared amphibious landing by 24,000 troops near Westende, because Third Ypres battle bogged down.
Western Front: Lieutenant Werner Voss (48 victories since November 27, 1916), leader of Jasta 10 killed in action, aged 20 in Fokker triplane by Lieutenant Rhys-David (killed in action on October 27). Voss was fighting an entire flight (7 SE 5as) of No 56 Squadron.
Werner Voss, German ace with 48 aerial victories, is killed in action after dogfighting with 7 British planes (6 aces) in a “last stand.”:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...587251775303680
German pilots prepare for a sortie with Fokker Dr.I triplanes:
https://i1.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...nsatz.jpg?ssl=1
France: US Tank Corps founded.
Eastern Front
Kaiser Wilhelm touring the oil refineries captured at Campina, Romania: © IWM (Q 70277):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...526829810470912
Naval and Overseas Operations
British destroyer sunk in Channel, 50 survivors. [Note: I can find no other mention of this, I think this is a mistaken post; probably from an earlier report]
Political, etc
Germany: Severe shortage of paper in Germany leads to many newspapers unable to print the day’s editions.
Russia: Bolsheviks accuse Russian Premier Kerensky of orchestrating the recent coup to crush the proletariat and the soviet council.
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