Section of the Australian front line at Gueudecourt showing sandbag reinforcement, duckboards and timber bridge over flooding. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.
- The Battle of Gueudecourt begins in northern France. The Australian 1st Battalion are engaged in battle in treacherous conditions on waterlogged ground. Fighting continues until 14 November.
- French troops occupy the whole of Vaux at Verdun. They capture most of Saillisel and attack St Pierre Vaast Wood
- British soldiers make some progress at the Butte de Warlencourt and attack at Le Transloy
- Austro-Hungarian forces succeed south-west of Predeal Pass and south-east of Roter Turm Pass in western Transylvania
- Germany and Austria declare Poland to be “an independent state”
