27 October
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Lonsdale Battalion events that took place on 27 October.
For events that took place elsewhere, see 27 October on The Great War wiki.
1914
Western Front
- Battle of the Yser: Belgians, with French aid, maintain unbroken the front Nieuport-Dixmude.
- Neuve Chapelle taken by the Germans.
- Germans pushed back east of Nancy.
Eastern Front
- South Africa: General Beyers defeated by General Botha at Commissie Drift, near Rustenburg.
- HMS Audacious sunk by mine off the northern Irish Coast.
- French liner Amiral Ganteaume sunk.
- SMS Emden captures Japanese ship Kamasaka Maru.
Political
- Portugal: Naval Reserves called up.
References/notes
Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)