
British troops eating dinner in a front line trench, Eaucourt l’Abbaye, October 1916, John Warwick Brooke. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 4388).
- British forces on the Western Front capture Thiepval Ridge and advance south of Eaucourt l’Abbaye
- British troops on the Southern Front cross the Struma river at Orliak and capture villages along the left bank
- The Romanian First Army retreats over Fogaras Mountains on the Eastern Front
- German troops under the command of Erich Falkenhayn attack the Turnu Rosu Pass in Transylvania