Western Front
Six of 9 Zeppelins drop 127 bombs on Lines, Yorks, and Lanes (74 casualties night September 24-25). L-31 (Mathy) scouts Portsmouth.
Battle of the Somme: At the Somme, French and British troops resume their attacks, but are hampered by rain and mud.
Battle of Morval phase begins (until September 28): Allied attack at 1235 hours. British with 2 tanks capture Lesboeufs and Morval and almost surround Combles. Slight French Sixth Army advance at Rancourt (captured), Les Priez Farm and Fregicourt (until September 26). RFC 4th Brigade helps silence 34 German batteries. 1st Brigade (17 aircraft) hits 2 troop trains, Libercourt station (Douai-Lille main line) and 2nd Brigade Lille station (night September 25-26).
French progress at Rancourt, Le Priez Farm and Fregicourt.
Eastern Front
Bulgarian right wing in Dobruja having retreated, they begin fortifying new positions.
Southern Front
East of Florina (north of Greece) considerable Bulgarian forces attack the French beyond Armenohov.
West of Florina, French and Russian troops engaged, north of Armensko, taking prisoners and machine guns.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Sir A.J. Murray's despatch of 1 June 1916 (10 January to 31 May) published.
Political, etc.
Germany: Germany announces it will lower German officer’s salaries, starting on October 1st, to $250 a month, a decrease of $12.
United Kingdom: British Army Council requisitions leather.
W B Yeats writes ‘Easter 1916’ poem about the uprising.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/re...ms/detail/43289
Japan: Mass meeting of the Doshi-kai (constitutional Unionist party) resolves to amalgamate the three parties supporting the Government.
Greece: Eleftherios Venizelos and Admiral Koundouriotis withdraw from Athens, sail for Crete (rebelled September 24), escorted by French torpedo boat; form provisional government (September 29).