Western Front
French bomber pilot Captain Beauchamp in Sopwith 1/2 Strutter ‘Ariel’ flies epic 812-mile first ever ‘shuttle’ raid from Luxeuil (Vosges) –Munich (rail station bombed)- San Donadi Piave (near Venice). Beauchamp killed in action over Verdun in December.
RFC ranges 141 targets, 16 aircraft in air combat (3 lost, 3 damaged), destroy 3 German planes in day and night bombing.
Sidney Cowan, Irish flying ace with 7 credited aerial victories, is killed in action in France after colliding with another British pilot.
Another raid of British naval aeroplanes and seaplanes on Ostend and Zeebrugge.
Battle of the Somme: First snow falls, night November 17-18.
British troops gain along the north bank of the Ancre River, but lose ground north of the Somme to the Germans.

Eastern Front
Transylvania: Second Battle of Tirgu Jiu: Germans break Romanian front. German offensive into Romania continues to advance and captures 2,100 Romanian prisoners.

Southern Front
Macedonia: British capture Kavakli on left bank of Struma. Allied forces in Macedonia capture 12 villages and are now only 4 miles away from the city of Monastir (Bitola).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Suez bombed: Waterpipe reaches Romani.

Political, etc.
United Kingdom: Food regulations issued.
France: Jean Cruppi, former Foreign Minister of France, urges the French government to save Romania, which is defending against a German offensive.
Russia: Prime Minister Stuermer furious at pretended Russo-German peace talks.
United States: Washington DC will ban alcohol from midnight March 3 to March 5 for the inauguration of President Wilson’s 2nd term.
Belgium: Germans arrest Brussels Council. German deportation of Belgian civilians continues, as 40,000 Belgian men have been deported as forced labor so far.
Greece: Note of French Admiral to Greek Government demanding delivery of War material.
China: Chinese government borrows $5 million, based on assurances by the U.S. government, from the Continental & Commercial Bank of Chicago.

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