25 October
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 25 October.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 25 October on The Great War wiki.
1914
Western Front
- Vain German efforts to break through the Allied lines at Dixmude, Ypres, La Bassée and Arras.
- Vermelles re-occupied by the Germans.
Eastern Front
- Germans in full retreat in Poland.
- South Africa: Rebels routed at Calvinia.
- Destruction of German submarine U-19 by HMS Badger announced.
Political
- Great Britain: Death of Sir Charles Douglas, Chief of General Staff.
- Germany: General von Moltke, Chief of the German General Staff, "unwell", his duties undertaken by General von Falkenhayn.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)