2 November

Western Front

 * Germans withdraw from nearly the whole of the left bank of the Yser, and concentrate for attack on Ypres.
 * British lines pierced at Neuve Chapelle, which the Germans re-occupy.

Eastern Front

 * East Prussia re-entered by Russian forces.

Naval and Overseas Operations

 * North Sea proclaimed by the British Admiralty to be wholly a military area from 5 November.

Political

 * Turkey: Russian and French Ambassadors leave Constantinople.
 * Great Britain publishes an account of Turkish provocations.

Political

 * Mr. Asquith's military service pledge.