23 October 1918
All three British armies involved in the battle (First, Second and Fourth) launch a night attack early on 23 October. In two days they advance 20 miles and are now twenty miles behind the Hindenburg Line. The Germans retreat to a new line between Valenciennes and the Sambre, but that falls to a British attack that begins on 4 November.
War at Sea
The Wickes class destroyer USS Breese (DD-112) is commissioned. She reaches the Cruiser Force of the Atlantic Fleet just in time to serve as a convoy escort during the last week of the First World War.
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Norman Friedmann .
The standard history of the development of American destroyers, from the earliest torpedo boat destroyers to the post-war fleet, and covering the massive classes of destroyers built for both World Wars. Gives the reader a good understanding of the debates that surrounded each class of destroyer and led to their individual features.
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (3 January 2018), 23 October 1918, http://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1918_10_23.html
