A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War. R. P. P. Rowe
A heavy attack on the British 7th Division at Ghent is repulsed.
The Russian cruiser Pallada is destroyed by German submarines in the Baltic.
Oct. 13 (Tues.)
The Germans occupy Ghent and reoccupy Lille; the British (3rd Corps) drive them from Méteren.
Oct. 14 (Wed.)
The British (3rd Corps) recapture Bailleul (see Oct. 4).
Jabussi, in the Cameroons, is occupied by the Allies.
Oct. 15 (Thur.)
The Germans occupy Zeebrugge and Ostend. The British (3rd Corps) advance towards the Lys.
The First Battle for Warsaw begins (see Oct. 27). The Siege of Przemysl is raised for three weeks.
South Africa:—Union forces under Colonel Brits attack and defeat the rebel commando under Maritz at Ratedrai.
H.M.S. Hawke (cruiser) is torpedoed by a German submarine in the North Sea (500 lives lost).
Oct. 16 (Fri.)
The Battle of the Yser begins (see Oct. 30). The Belgians retire from the Forest of Houthulst.
Oct. 17 (Sat.)
The British (9th Brigade) recapture Aubers.
H.M.S. Undaunted (cruiser) and four British destroyers sink four German destroyers off the Dutch coast.
Oct. 18 (Sun.)
British monitors bombard the right flank of the German army in Belgium.
The British submarine E3 is sunk in the North Sea (the first British submarine to be lost through enemy action).
Oct. 19 (Mon.)
The transfer of the British to Flanders is completed (see Oct. 1). The First Battle of Ypres begins (see Nov. 21). The first division of Indians reaches the Western Front.
Oct. 20 (Tues.)
The German attack on Arras begins.
Oct. 22 (Thur.)
Bukovina:—Czernowitz is reoccupied by the Austrians (see Sept. 15, Oct. 27).
South Africa:—Beyers, Kemp and De Wet openly rebel (see Sept. 15, Oct. 9).
Oct. 23 (Fri.)
French troops support the British at Zonnebeke.
South-West Africa:—Angola (Portuguese colony) is entered by the Germans.
Oct. 24 (Sat.)
The French advance near Zonnebeke. The Germans cross the Yser.
South Africa:—De Wet seizes Heilbron.
H.M.S. Badger rams a German submarine off the Dutch coast.
Oct. 26 (Mon.)
South Africa:—Union troops under Colonel Brits defeat and break up rebel forces under Maritz at Kakamas.
The Cameroons:—Edea is occupied by the Allies.
The French liner Amiral Ganteaume is sunk by a submarine off Cape Grisnez.
Oct. 27 (Tues.)
The British line is drawn back at Ypres.
The end of the First Battle for Warsaw (see Oct. 15): the Germans retreat.
Bukovina:—Czernowitz is reoccupied by the Russians (see Oct. 22, 1914; Feb. 17, 1915).
The Serbians are driven out of Bosnia by the Austrians.
South Africa:—General Botha defeats and disperses Beyers' commando at Commissie Drift, near Rustenburg; Beyers escapes.
H.M.S. Audacious (dreadnought) is sunk by a mine off Lough Swilly on the north coast of Ireland.
Oct. 28 (Wed.)
The Belgians flood the land round the Yser.
The Emden sinks the Russian cruiser Jemchug and the French destroyer Mousquet off Penang.
Oct. 29 (Thurs.)
Lord Fisher succeeds Prince Louis of Battenberg as British First Sea Lord (see May 28, 1915).
Fierce fighting round Kruseik and Gheluvelt.
Oct. 30 (Fri.)
The Germans are forced back by the floods in the Yser district: the end of the Battle of the Yser (see Oct. 16). The British are driven from Zandvoorde but hold at Klein Zillebeke.
South Africa:—Colonel Brits clears the north-west of Cape Province by defeating the remnant of the rebels left in this locality at Schuit Drift.
The German cruiser Königsberg is discovered in the Rufiji River (German East Africa) and shelled by H.M.S. Chatham and other British warships (see July 11, 1915).
Oct. 31 (Sat.)
The end of the Battle of La Bassée (see Oct. 11).
A critical day in the First Battle of Ypres; the British line is broken and restored.
Tsingtau is bombarded by the Japanese and British (see Nov. 7).
H.M.S. Hermes (aircraft-carrier) is sunk by a submarine in the Straits of Dover.
Nov. 1 (Sun.)
The Germans take Messines.
The third Austrian invasion of Serbia begins (see Dec. 15).
The forts of Tsingtau are silenced (see Nov. 7).
A British squadron is defeated off Coronel (Chile) by a German squadron of superior strength under Admiral von Spee: the Good Hope and Monmouth are sunk.
Nov. 2 (Mon.)
The Germans capture Neuve Chapelle from the British.
Nov. 3 (Tues.)
The Dardanelles Forts are bombarded by the British and French Mediterranean fleets.
East Africa:—Tanga is attacked by the British (see Nov. 5).
A German cruiser squadron bombards Yarmouth and escapes.
Nov. 4 (Wed.)
The Austrians are heavily defeated at Jaroslav (Galicia).
East Africa:—A British attack on Longido is repulsed.
The German armoured cruiser Yorck is sunk by a mine at the entrance to Jahde Bay (west of the mouth of the Weser).
Nov. 5 (Thur.)
Great Britain declares war on Turkey and annexes Cyprus.
The British line at Ypres is readjusted.
East Africa:—The British attack on Tanga is repulsed (see Nov. 3).
Nov. 6 (Fri.)
Carl Lody is shot for espionage in the Tower of London.
The Germans attack at Klein Zillebeke.
Mesopotamia:—Fao, at the mouth of the Shatt-el-Arab, is captured by the British.
Nov. 7 (Sat.)
Tsingtau is taken by the Japanese and British (see Aug. 27, Oct. 31).
Nov. 9 (Mon.)
H.M.S. Sydney of the Australian navy destroys the Emden off Cocos Island.
Nov. 10 (Tues.)
The Germans capture Dixmude.
Goldap (East Prussia) is occupied by the Russians.
H.M.S. Chatham and other