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Spotlights over ParisOn This Day - October 1914-19
 Updated - Sunday, 16 March, 2003

The source and introduction for the daily chronology of the war contained within this section can be read here.  The table below provides links to daily summaries for each day of the war for the month of October during the years 1914-19.  Entries for other months of the war are listed in the sidebar to the right.

Date Year Year Year Year Year Year
1 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
2 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
3 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
4 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
5 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
6 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
7 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
8 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
9 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
10 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
11 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
12 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
13 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
14 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
15 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
16 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
17 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
18 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
19 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
20 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
21 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
22 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
23 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
24 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
25 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
26 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
27 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
28 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
29 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
30 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
31 October 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

The sidebar to the right lists other months currently available.

Photographs accompanying each page, courtesy of the Photos of the Great War website, feature a broad range of subjects and theatres, and do not relate to any given day's entries.

"Coffin Nails" was a term used by British soldiers to describe cigarettes.

Original Material © Michael Duffy 2000-07, SafeSurf Rated