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Concept
Octobre 1916
Résumé
The following events occurred in October 1916:
Battle of Le Transloy – The British Fourth Army launched its final offensive in the Battle of the Somme with an attack to capture the German-held commune of Le Transloy, France.
Battle of the Ancre Heights – The British Reserve Army attacked German defenses along the Ancre River in northeastern France in a continuation of the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The 2nd Canadian Division attacked and briefly held the strategically important German line named Regina Trench that ran northwest of the village of Le Sars, France.
Flămânda Offensive – Romanian forces crossed the Danube River and established a bridgehead at Flămânda (then part of Macedonia).
Eleven German Navy Zeppelins raided England, but most failed to reach their targets, with only one British soldier reported as a casualty. Royal Flying Corps Second Lieutenant W. J. Tempest in a Royal aircraft shot down airship L 31 outside London, killing its entire crew, including the famed airship commander Heinrich Mathy who leaped to his death from the burning Zeppelin.
The Royal Flying Corps established the No. 75 Squadron.
Dublin Mean Time, which was 25 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time, was made the same as British time at 2:00 a.m. under terms of the Time Ireland Act for Ireland.
The Perth Amboy Technical High School opened in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
The London Underground extended the Bakerloo line with a new tube station at Kensal Green.
Born: Tibor Reich, Hungarian-British designer, known for his celebrated textile designs including deep texture weaves in the 1950s, in Budapest (d. 1996)
Died: James Paul Clarke, American politician, 18th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1854); Ivan Dumbadze, Russian army officer, military and civil head of Yalta, Major-General of Svita for Nicholas II of Russia (b. 1851)
Died: Galusha Pennypacker, American army officer, youngest general appointed to the Union Army during the American Civil War, recipient of the Medal of Honor for action at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (b.
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