- Lancelot Douglas Nicol enlists. Lancelot is commemorated on the Centenary of WWI in Orange Honour Roll; he would be killed in action in Belgium on 24 October 1917.
- Severe fighting continues in the Battle of Loos; British forces capture 3,000 men and 21 guns.
- French forces continue to gain ground east of Souchez in the Second Battle of Champagne