11 October
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 11 October.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 11 October on The Great War wiki.
1914
Western Front
- Battle of Flanders begins, a desperate struggle for the coast lasting for some six weeks and including (a) Battle of the Yser, 16 October, seq. (b) Battle of Ypres, 19 October, seq.
- Paris heavily bombed.
- Cavalry fighting near Hazebrouck.
Eastern Front
- Poland: Germans take Sochaczew.
- Galicia: Russians forced to raise the siege of Przemsyl, which is reprovisioned from Cracow.
- Austrians recover Jaroslau.
- Russian cruiser Pallada sunk by German submarine U-26 in Baltic.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)