Western Front
Second Battle of Passchendaele phase of the
Third Battle of Ypres: Hostile artillery active east of Ypres.
Australian soldiers crowded in dugout 15 feet underground during the Battle of Passchendaele: © IWM (E(AUS) 1129):
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Southern Front
Isonzo: Twelfth Battle Of Isonzo, aka, the Battle of Caporetto: Italy reorganises her forces behind the Tagliamento; Germans reach east bank of river.
Austrian 55th (Bosnian) and German 12th (Silesian) Divisions cross river Tagliamento via damaged rail bridge at Cornino and a footbridge at Pinzano during night November 2-3.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Kattegat: Raid by British naval light forces, covered by battlecruisers
Glorious and
Repulse, on the Kattegat (see April 15th, 1918). Destroyers sink German decoy ship
Kronprinz Wilhelm off Kullen Light, and claim the sinking of ten armed patrol craft.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: Third Battle of Gaza: British capture positions north of Beersheba.
Turkish troops attack the British during the fighting in Palestine:
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6 Turkish battalions compel Newcombe’s surrender. Turk Seventh Army counter-attacks DMC 10 miles north of Beersheba until November 7.
Mesopotamia: Battle of Daur: Tigris, British rout Turks near Dur, 85 miles above Baghdad: Cobbe’s 14,500 men (224 casualties) with 58 guns storm Turkish 51st divisions two lines (c.260 casualties) after 19-24-mile night advance.
Political, etc
United Kingdom: Mr. Balfour's letter to Lord Rothschild, giving Government approval to Zionism, published. Jewish-Arab London Rally welcomes the announcement.
United States: U.S. Treasury Department lends another $435 million to Great Britain, putting the total lent to the Allies at $3.566 billion.
China: Lansing-Ishii Agreement: US recognizes Japan’s special interests in China.