Diary October 3, 1914

10-1914, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1914 / 1 minute of reading

Zeppelin over Antwerp — Zeppelin airship over Antwerp.

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 legations leave. Churchill arrives from London with promise of ‘possibility of Franco-British relieving army’ if Antwerp inner defenses can hold out 3 days. British 7th Division will be dispatched immediately to Ghent, 3 naval brigades with 10 heavy guns sent to Antwerp.

Eastern Front

Carpathians: Russians take Maramaros-Sziget in north Hungary, but retaken by Austrians on October 7.

Neutrals

USA: Turk Ambassador Rustem Bey leaves after criticizing Filipino and negro treatment.

Home Fronts

Canada: 1st CEF sails in 31 ships for Britain.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.