<– Part 118 – October 22, 1916  | Part 119 – October 29, 1916 |  Part 120 – November 5, 1916 –>

French counter-offensive at Verdun, including the capture of Fort Douaumont.

The French received a morale boost October 24 with the recapturing of Fort Douaumont near Verdun, with an additional 6,000 prisoners; however, an assault on Fort Vaux nearby has failed, although artillery continues to bombard it, and land around it has been captured.

Fighting at Cobadin ended the following day, with a sound victory by the Central Powers securing the Cernavoda-Constanta railway & port, with only 17,000 to heavy losses by the Russo-Romanian Army of the Dobrogea. In Transylvania, the Romanian Fourth Army has been forced back to its initial starting lines, although the German advance into Romania proper was halted at the Jiu Bridge by a heroic citizenry.

Fighting continues at the Crna bend, with heavy casualties for Bulgaria. At the Somme, fighting at Le Transloy has been a success for the defending Germans as the weather worsens. The nearby Ancre Heights continues to see marginal Allied advances.