Western Front
Verdun: Successful French raid.
British again bomb Metz.
Men of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers with their goat mascot near Sommes: © IWM (Q 10654):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...961112626036736
Eastern Front
Brest-Litovsk: Settlement in principle arrived at between Central Powers and Ukraine.
Southern Front
Austro-Hungarian attack on Italian positions at Cape Sile (lower Piave) repulsed with “heavy” loss.
A church damaged by shelling at Tezze sul Brenta, Italy:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...930906624405504
Naval and Overseas Operations
Spanish Commissioner guarantees all conditions were observed aboard Hospital ship
Rewa.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: General strikes until January 21 over daily bread ration cut (7 1/2 oz to under 6oz) and Brest-Litovsk impasse involve nearly 100,000 workers in Lower Austria alone and Government taken by surprise. Spreads to Hungary on January 18.
Germany: Prussian Finance Minister Hergt declares sufficient American troops cannot reach Europe. Hindenburg letter removes Kaiser’s radical Civil Cabinet chief (for past 10 years) Graf von Valentini (who protests to Crown Prince).
Russia: CEC (Central Executive Committee of Bolshevik) adopts decree forming Red Army.
Soviet Russia sends an ultimatum to Romania demanding the release of detained Russians and punishment for Romanian officials who disarmed Russian troops.
United Kingdom: Committee of Enquiry into expenditure of Government Departments announced. Board of Trade and Munitions Ministry allowed to drill for oil.
United States: U.S. publishes documents referring to Caillaux case.
Fuel Administrator closes all non-war industry east of Mississippi for 5 days (January 18-22) plus nine Mondays to save moving coal.