On This Day - 21 October 1917
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Western Front
Germans make strong attack at Bezonvaux (Verdun).
Saarbrucken bombed by British.
Dunkirk bombed by Germans.
Eastern Front
Russians repel German attempt to land eight miles north of Verder Peninsula (Riga).
Germans land on Russian mainland at Verder.
Germans claim 20,000 prisoners and 100 guns in last nine days' fighting.
Southern Front
Considerable artillery activity on Italian front.
Monastir shelled again.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Russian fleet escapes north out of Moon Sound.
Ostend bombarded by British ships.
Political, etc.
Russian Soviet's Peace Terms issued.
