<Ul> <Li> Battle of Polygon Wood--Seven British and two Australian divisions under command of General Herbert Plumer launched a new offensive against the Germans in West Flanders, Belgium, following successes from the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, with plans to push the German defensive back from the ridge to Polygon Wood, named for its geometric shape on military maps . </Li> <Li> French cargo Jacqueline was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by German submarine SM U-101 with the loss of all 35 crew . </Li> <Li> German submarine SM UC - 33 was shelled, rammed and sunk in St. George's Channel by a British patrol boat with the loss of 27 of her 28 crew . </Li> <Li> Born: Réal Caouette, Canadian politician, founder of the Ralliement créditiste, Member of Parliament for various ridings in Quebec from 1946 to 1976, in Amos, Quebec (d . 1976); Harrison Brown, American chemist, member of the Manhattan Project, advocate for nuclear arms limitation, in Sheridan, Wyoming (d . 1986); Thurman Tucker, American baseball player, centre fielder for the Chicago White Sox from 1942 to 1947 and the Cleveland Indians when the club won the 1948 World Series, in Gordon, Texas (d . 1993) </Li> <Li> Died: Hans von Blixen - Finecke, Swedish equestrian, bronze medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics, twin brother to Bror von Blixen - Finecke, husband to Danish writer Karen Blixen (killed in a plane crash) (b . 1886); Edward Miner Gallaudet, American educator, pioneer instructor for the deaf (b . 1837); Bartholomew James Stubbs, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1911 to 1917 (killed in the Battle of Polygon Wood) (b . 1872) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Battle of Polygon Wood--Seven British and two Australian divisions under command of General Herbert Plumer launched a new offensive against the Germans in West Flanders, Belgium, following successes from the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, with plans to push the German defensive back from the ridge to Polygon Wood, named for its geometric shape on military maps . </Li> <Li> French cargo Jacqueline was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by German submarine SM U-101 with the loss of all 35 crew . </Li> <Li> German submarine SM UC - 33 was shelled, rammed and sunk in St. George's Channel by a British patrol boat with the loss of 27 of her 28 crew . </Li>

Who are released and armed in the events of september 1917