Western Front
Raid by Canadians north of Lens.
British soldier using a mirror attached to his bayonet as a makeshift periscope: © IWM (Q 8434):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...900370913124354
British soldiers having a meal in a shell hole near Ypres: © IWM (Q 8441):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...144459998941184
U.S. soldiers in France are ordered not to swear at mules, as mules respond better to kindness than to “cusses.”
Southern Front
Italy: Italian Army has received 300,000 British gas masks.
Political, etc
Russia: Reds continue imprisonment of Romanian Ambassador Diamandi (released January 15 after diplomatic corps protest) and seize Rumanian gold in retaliation for Bessarabia takeover, also order King of Romania’s arrest on January 15.
Lenin and Stalin’s Decree No 13 in Pravda backs Armenian self-determination.
Estonia: Estonian Government issue declaration of independence (see November 28th, 1917 and February 25th and November 11th, 1918).
United States: Worst cold wave in 19 years hits the U.S., as well as multiple snowstorms, exacerbating the coal shortage plaguing the nation.
Norway: Sugar, coffee, corn and meal rationing.