Western Front
A night bombing raid on balloon shed near Quiery-la-Motte is undertaken by two Royal Naval Air Service Sopwith Camels.
Airplane raid on London; 3 machines penetrate defences, 14 killed, 87 injured.
Another source, more detail: 7 Gotha bombers (1 crash lands in Holland) and 3 Giants dispatched, 3 plus 1 (1 lost to Dover anti-aircraft fire) respectively bomb London, Waterloo Station damaged (127 civilian casualties).
Belgium: RNAS Handley Pages bomb Zeebrugge (nights until October 2) but 220 bombs fail to hit lock gates.
Southern Front
Italians improve position on Bainsizza Plateau, claiming 1,400 prisoners.
Another source, more detail: Italian 44th Division captures Na Kobil (2,552 ft) with 1,400 PoWs on Bainsizza Plateau (600 more on September 30), but victorious General Papa killed there on October 5.
An Austro-Hungarian gun in the ice tunnels of the Alps in Tyrol:
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Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: ‘
The mastery of the air has … passed over to the British’, Turco-Germans estimate Royal Flying Corps strength at 30-40 planes.
Political, etc
Germany: First tank unit formed, 113 men with 5 A7Vs (delivered December 8, more units created). German’s massive A7V entered service in late 1917 but had a high centre of gravity aqnd inadquate engines that gave it a poor cross-country capability:
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German Social Democratic Party has lost 76% of its membership since 1914 due to the war and schism within the party.
Russia: Russian government reaffirms its pledge to be committed to the “reconstruction of a free Polish people.”
Italy: King of Italy returns after visiting French and Belgian fronts.
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