Diary October 17, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Saturday, October 17, 1914: Western Front Flanders: ALLIED OFFENÂSIVE ENDS with capture of Herlies and BEF 4th Division entry into Armentieres. New German […]
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Year 1914
Diary October 16, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Friday, October 16, 1914: Western Front Flanders – BATTLE OF THE YSER BEGINS (until October 31): Germans attack Dixmude. Belgians retire from Houthulst
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Diary October 15, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Thursday, October 15, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: FIRST BATTLE OF WARSAW (until October 23) all along Vistula; 4 German corps against 4 Russian
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Diary October 14, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, October 14, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Germans occupy Bruges. Allenby’s cavalry reach Kemmel and Messines, link with IV Corps; British III Corps
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Diary October 13, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, October 13, 1914: Western Front Battle of Armentieres (until November 2). Allied offensive with Lieutenant B. Montgomery (1st Regiment Warwicks, 4th Divisions)
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Diary October 12, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Monday, October 12, 1914: Home Fronts Austria: ‘Trial of Gavrilo Princip and his associates for high treason’ at Sarajevo. South Africa: Martial law
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Diary October 11, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 11, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: Germans take Sochaczew on river Bzura 30 miles (ca. 48 km) west of Warsaw. Russian Fourth,
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Diary October 10, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Saturday, October 10, 1914: Western Front FORMAL CAPITULATION OF ANTWERP TO GERMANS: Deguise offers his sword at Fort Ste Marie (Belgian garrison having
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Diary October 9, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Friday, October 9, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: Austro-Germans approach Ivangorod fortress (Schwarz) on river Vistula. Galicia: Austrians relieve Przemysl. Western Front Antwerp: 1,560
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Diary October 8, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Thursday, October 8, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Foch takes supreme command as Joffre’s assistant of Allied armies between Lille and the coast. Sir
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Diary October 7, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, October 7, 1914: Western Front Belgium: Evacuation of Allied forces begins. 4 German brigades cross river Scheldt and threaten their line of
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Diary October 6, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, October 6, 1914: Eastern Front Poland and Galicia: General Russian retreat, having lost 8,000 men and 9 guns to Germans since September
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Diary October 5, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Monday, October 5, 1914: Air War Western Front: First air combat victory by an machine-gun-armed Allied plane: Sergeant Frantz and Corporal Quenault (French)
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Diary October 4, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 4, 1914: Eastern Front Tsar arrives at STAVKA, visits Osovyets on October 8. Poland: ÂAUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENÂSIVE TOWARDS WARSAW BEGINS. Austrian First
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Diary October 3, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Saturday, October 3, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Germans briefly occupy Ypres. Landwehr enters Tournai. Belgium: Antwerp outer defenses now in German hands. Foreign
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