A serious mutiny which occurred in the German Navy in August is announced in the German Reichstag.
H.M.S. Champagne (armed merchant-cruiser) is sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic (56 lives lost).
Oct. 11 (Thur.)
The British Government stops commercial cable communication with Holland until the transit of sand and scrap-iron by Dutch waterways from Germany into Belgium shall be discontinued.
Oct. 12 (Fri.)
The British again attack between Passchendaele and Houthulst Forest; their progress is checked by the mud.
The Germans attack the island of Oesel in the Gulf of Riga with naval and military forces; the greater part of the island is occupied.
Oct. 13 (Sat.)
The Germans capture Arensburg, the capital of Oesel Island.
Oct. 14 (Sun.)