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<noinclude>{{CalendarGW|October}}{{Date-introtext-GW}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
<noinclude>{{Calendar|October}}{{Date intro}}</noinclude>__NOTOC__
==1914==
==[[1914]] (Tuesday)==
{| class="timeline"
===Western Front===
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*Battle round [[Arras]]: fierce German attack repulsed.
|'''Western Front'''
*[[Poelcapelle]] captured by the Germans.
|{{tb}} Battle round [[Arras]]: fierce German attack repulsed.
*[[Indian Expeditionary Force]] (Cavalry, Meerut and Lahore Division) reaches the front.
|{{tb}} [[Poelcapelle]] captured by the Germans.
*Heavy fighting near [[La Bassée]].
|{{tb}} [[Indian Expeditionary Force]] (Cavalry, Meerut and Lahore Division) reaches the front.
===Eastern Front===
|{{tb}} Heavy fighting near [[La Bassée]].
*[[Poland]]: German attacks in front of [[Warsaw]] weakening: Russians begin to take the offensive.
|-
===Political===
|'''Eastern Front'''
*Germans report 149,000 French, 107,000 Russian, 32,000 Belgian, and 9,000 British prisoners.
|[[Poland]]: German attacks in front of [[Warsaw]] weakening. Russians begin to take the offensive.
*British losses to date 57,000, including sick.
|-

|'''Political'''
==References/notes==
|{{tb}} Germans report 149,000 French, 107,000 Russian, 32,000 Belgian, and 9,000 British prisoners.
{{Gleichen-123}}
|{{tb}} British losses to date 57,000, including sick.
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[[Category:Great War events by day|294]]
[[Category:Great War events by day|294]]
[[Category:Great War events in October|20]]
[[Category:Great War events in October|20]]
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