The transfer of the British to Flanders is completed (see Oct. 1). The First Battle of Ypres begins (see Nov. 21). The first division of Indians reaches the Western Front. Oct. 20 (Tues.) The German attack on Arras begins. Oct. 22 (Thur.) Bukovina:--Czernowitz is reoccupied by the Austrians (see Sept. 15, Oct. 27). South Africa:--Beyers, Kemp and De Wet openly rebel (see Sept. 15, Oct. 9). Oct. 23 (Fri.) French troops support the British at Zonnebeke. South-West Africa:--Angola (Portuguese colony) is entered by the Germans. Oct. 24 (Sat.) The French advance near Zonnebeke. The Germans cross the Yser. South Africa:--De Wet seizes Heilbron. H.M.S. _Badger_ rams a German submarine off the Dutch coast. Oct. 26 (Mon.) South Africa:--Union troops under Colonel Brits defeat and break up rebel forces under Maritz at Kakamas. The Cameroons:--Edea is occupied by the Allies. The French liner _Amiral Ganteaume_ is sunk by a submarine off Cape Grisnez. Oct. 27 (Tues.) The British line is drawn back at Ypres. The end of the First Battle for Warsaw (see Oct. 15): the Germans retreat. Bukovina:--Czernowitz is reoccupied by the Russians (see Oct. 22, 1914; Feb. 17, 1915). The Serbians are driven out of Bosnia by the Austrians. South Africa:--General Botha defeats and disperses Beyers' commando at Commissie Drift, near Rustenburg; Beyers escapes. H.M.S. _Audacious_ (dreadnought) is sunk by a mine off Lough Swilly on the north coast of Ireland. Oct. 28 (Wed.) The Belgians flood the land round the Yser. The _Emden_ sinks the Russian cruiser _Jemchug_ and the French destroyer _Mousquet_ off Penang. Oct. 29 (Thurs.) Lord Fisher succeeds Prince Louis of Battenberg as British First Sea Lord (see May 28, 1915). Fierce fighting round Kruseik and Gheluvelt. Oct. 30 (Fri.) The Germans are forced back by the floods in the Yser district: the end of the Battle of the Yser (see Oct. 16). The British are driven from Zandvoorde but hold at Klein Zillebeke. South Africa:--Colonel Brits clears the north-west of Cape Province by defeating the remnant of the rebels left in this locality at Schuit Drift. The German cruiser _Königsberg_ is discovered in the Rufiji River (German East Africa) and shelled by H.M.S. _Chatham_ and other British warships (see July 11, 1915). Oct. 31 (Sat.) The end of the Battle of La Bassée (see Oct. 11). A critical day in the First Battle of Ypres; the British line is broken and restored. Tsingtau is bombarded by the Japanese and British (see Nov. 7). H.M.S. _Hermes_ (aircraft-carrier) is sunk by a submarine in the Straits of Dover. Nov. 1 (Sun.) The Germans take Messines. The third Austrian invasion of Serbia begins (see Dec. 15). The forts of Tsingtau are silenced (see Nov. 7). A British squadron is defeated off Coronel (Chile) by a German squadron of superior strength under Admiral von Spee: the _Good Hope_ and _Monmouth_ are sunk. Nov. 2 (Mon.)