Western Front
Third Battle of Ypres: German attacks on Tower Hamlets' ridge repulsed. Prisoners now exceed 3,000. (Another source specifies 3,243 ).
Royal Flying Corps Nos 100 and 101 Squadrons continue night bombing of Menin and Roulers against arriving German troops, using parachute flares (repeated September 25-26 and 26-27).
German PoWs in a British collection center.
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Men of the 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, prepare to advance during the Battle of Menin Road: © IWM (Q 5970):
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"The Menin Road,” by Paul Nash in 1919, depicting the battlefield near Gheluvelt at Ypres:
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Eastern Front
After holding enemy here for 18 months, Russians retire north from Jakobstadt (River Dvina).
Courland proclaims independence and requests German protection.
Southern Front
Second phase of Isonzo battle closed; neither side can hold Mte. S. Gabriele.
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: German groups broken up west of Kilwa and Lindi; flee south to River Mbemkuru.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
British bomb and cause surrender of Diwaniya (Euphrates).
Political, etc
United Kingdom: Publication of Count Bernstorff's correspondence with Berlin re: bribing Congress.
Canada: Canada passes the Wartime Elections Act, which gives the vote to women in the military and to wives, mothers, & sisters of serving soldiers.
Italy: Central Powers' reply to Papal Note.
Minor Allies: Costa Rica severs diplomatic relations with Germany (see May 23rd, 1918).