The first German advance on Warsaw begins.
Oct. 6 (Tues.)
The British 7th Division is disembarked at Ostend.
The British submarine E9 sinks a German destroyer off the mouth of the Ems.
Oct. 7 (Wed.)
The Belgian Government moves from Antwerp to Ostend.
Japan occupies the Marshall Islands.
Oct. 8 (Thur.)
The city of Antwerp is bombarded; the garrison retires across the Scheldt. A force of Belgians and 2000 British are driven into Dutch territory.
A British air-raid on Cologne and Düsseldorf.