Horses drag sleighs, used to convey wounded over muddy ground at Le Sars, October 1916. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 1495).
- The 5th Australian Division enters the front line near Flers on the Somme
- British troops advance on a line between the Schwaben Redoubt and Le Sars, capturing 1,018 prisoners
- German forces at Torzburg Pass in Transylvania drive Romanian troops back almost 20kms into Romania
- Austrian Prime Minister, Count Karl Graf von Stürgkh, is assassinated by Social Democrat Friedrich Adler while having lunch in a Vienna hotel. Friedrich Adler Assassinated the Austrian Premier as a Protest Against World War 1: His Speech in Court, On Trial For His Life
