A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

H.M.S. Hawke (cruiser) is torpedoed by a German submarine in the North Sea (500 lives lost).

Oct. 16 (Fri.)

The Battle of the Yser begins (see Oct. 30). The Belgians retire from the Forest of Houthulst.

Oct. 17 (Sat.)

The British (9th Brigade) recapture Aubers.

H.M.S. Undaunted (cruiser) and four British destroyers sink four German destroyers off the Dutch coast.

Oct. 18 (Sun.)

British monitors bombard the right flank of the German army in Belgium.

The British submarine E3 is sunk in the North Sea (the first British submarine to be lost through enemy action).

Oct. 19 (Mon.)