Western Front
A horse carrying a machine gun for the 1st ANZAC Corps: © IWM (E(AUS) 668):
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Eastern Front
Fighting continues in Focsani region.
Southern Front
Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo: Cadorna orders Bainsizza operations suspended except for blow north and east of Gorizia.
Italian Front: General Waldstatten submits Austrian offensive plan to General Arz for offensive with 13 divisions (including Germans) from Tolmino bridgehead north of Bainsizza Plateau towards Cividale. Hindenburg and Ludendorff eventually approve what becomes Caporetto offensive after Bavarian mountain warfare expert General Kraftt inspects front.
Political, etc
Germany: Industrialists tell Chancellor ‘they are ready to fight 10 more years’ to keep the mineral-rich Longwy-Briey basin.
Russia: General Lavr Kornilov, Russian Commander-in-Chief, warns that Russia will face ruin if domestic enemies are not dealt with.
United Kingdom: Churchill writes to union leaders on necessity for increased aircraft production.
Canada: Conscription Act signed, 5,000 demonstrate against it in Montreal.
Italy: Until the end of the war, about 200,000 women worked in the war industry in Italy:
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United States: U.S. government orders 1,074,000 gas masks to outfit the U.S. Army for around $1.40 each, not including raw materials.