3 October

1914

Western Front

• Ypres occupied by the Germans.
• Antwerp: Fall of outer defences: Legations leaving.

Eastern Front

• Beginning of First Austro-German invasion in force for capture of Warsaw.
• Germans take over command of Austrians.

Naval and Overseas Operations

• North Sea: British Admiralty notifies the laying down of a defensive mine-field.

References/notes

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