4th. October 1914.
Western Front.
First Battle of Arras ends.
Rapid German advance towards the Coast: Germans occupy Lens, Comines, Poperinghe, Bailleul, etc.
Lille bombarded by Germans.
Defence of Antwerp.
Elements of British forces which took part in this engagement:
Royal Naval Division
IV Corps (Rawlinson): 7th and 3rd Cavalry Divisions landed at Zeebrugge with orders to go to the support of Antwerp, but by the time they arrived things were too late and instead the Corps sized and held important bridges and points in the Ghent area in order to facilitate the retreat of the Belgian Army westwards from Antwerp.
Eastern Front.
Poland: Rapid Austro-German advance against Russian centre.
Southern Front.
Austro-Hungarian counter-offensive in Galicia begins
Bosnia: Serbians and Montenegrins driven back from the Sarajevo region.
Naval.
Dardanelles (French & English) fleet bombs Turkish forts.
Political, etc.
Provisional Government under Essad Pasha set up in Albania.
Rob.
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