20 October

1914

Western Front

• Battle round Arras: fierce German attack repulsed.
• Poelcapelle captured by the Germans.
• Indian Expeditionary Force (Cavalry, Meerut and Lahore Division) reaches the front.
• Heavy fighting near La Bassée.

Eastern Front

• Poland: German attacks in front of Warsaw weakening: Russians begin to take the offensive.

Political

• Germans report 149,000 French, 107,000 Russian, 32,000 Belgian, and 9,000 British prisoners.
• British losses to date 57,000, including sick.

References/notes

Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)