A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

On the front north of Arras the British advance rapidly after the retiring enemy towards Douai.

The French reach the line of the Oise east of St. Quentin.

Serbia (where the advance of the Allies continues against the Austro-Germans):—The French occupy Prishtina.

The Irish mail boat Leinster is sunk by a submarine between Kingstown and Holyhead with a loss of 527 lives.

Oct. 11 (Fri.)

The German retirement develops in the south, forced by the threat of the Le Cateau salient: the Germans evacuate the Chemin-des-Dames, and, further east, the line of the Suippe; the French and Americans advance, pressing the retreat, on a front of 37 miles.

Serbia:—The French capture Prisrend.

Oct. 12 (Sat.)

Serbia:—The Serbians recapture Nish (see Nov. 5, 1915).