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Old 10-13-2016, 04:06 AM
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13 October 1916

Western Front
Big Allied raid (40 aeroplanes) on Mauser factory at Oberndorf.
Battle of the Somme: A French armored car with a 47 mm gun near Sains-en-Amienois, Somme: http://imgur.com/TesBWEB* © IWM (Q 69716)

Eastern Front
Transylvania:
Rumanian Second Army checks pursuers in Predeal (town falls) and Badza Passes, but Falkenhayn advances through Torzburg Pass to Rucar 6 miles inside Rumania. Rumanians forced from Transylvania except in northeast. Germans also enter gap between Rumanian Fourth Army and Lechitski.

Southern Front
British forces pushing forward on Struma front.
Successful British raids on Doiran front.
Fighting in Carso continues.

Political, etc.
Germany:
Returns 30,101 British PoWs.
United Kingdom: Returns 39,020 German PoWs.
Russia: Worst month for strikes, 189 (177 political) involve 189,776 strikers.
Austria-Hungary: Archduke Charles of Hungary opens HQ for Romanian front at Grosswardein.
Norway: Norwegian Government issue orders prohibiting belligerent submarines from using Norwegian territorial waters.
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