On This Day - 2 November 1914
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
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, etc.
Turkey: Russian and French Ambassadors leave Constantinople.
Great Britain publishes an account of Turkish provocations.
