Western Front
Battle of the Somme: German attack near Berny (north-east of Ablaincourt) repulsed.
Eastern Front
Transylvania: Second Battle of Tirgu Jiu: Rumanian First Army retreats in Jiu and Aluta Valleys.
In the past few days, German attacks against Russian lines N. of Baranovichi leads to the capture of 4000 Russian prisons & 27 machine guns.
Failure of Russo-Romanians on Cerna Voda and retreat to Dunarea.
Southern Front
Macedonia: French and Serbs capture Iven (15 miles east of Monastir).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Shiraz (South Persia) occupied by British forces; Sykes organises 3,700 South Persian Rifles and 6 guns by December 1.
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: Portuguese troops occupy Lulindi.
British defeat Germans at Malangali.
Political, etc.
France: Evening dress is banned at Parisian operas that are subsidized by the French government.
United States: (Perhaps yesterday) Percival Lowell, American businessmen & astronomer who started the search for Planet X (Pluto), passed away:
http://imgur.com/Y5fJEuL
Mexico: Count Bernstorff to German Mexico City Minister ‘
The Imperial Government would see with the greatest of pleasure the Mexican Government’s consent to … a [U-boat] base in its territory’.
Netherlands: Dutch railways considers curtailing their services due to difficulty in obtaining coal from Britain, Germany, and Belgium.