Western Front
German airship raid on East coast of England: 7 of 10 Zeppelins raid Northern England, drop 206 bombs (41 civilian casualties: 4 killed, 37 injured), but 2 Zeppelins lost to 40 defence sorties (record so far). Second Lieutenant V Pyott of No 36 Squadron RFC in B E 2 shoots down L-34 (Dietrich) off Hartlepool with 71 rounds mixed incendiary/ball ammunition from his Lewis gun, 20 crew all killed (night November 27-28). RNAS Flt Sub-Lts E Cadbury and E Pulling shoot down L-21 (Frankenberg) after chase to 8 miles off Lowestoft.

Eastern Front
Romania: Central Power armies capture the entire Olt River defensive line in Romania. Germany reports Romanian resistance “is breaking.” Falkenhayn’s Alpenkorps captures Curtea de Arges and 41st Division Slatina on river Aluta. Bulgarian troops of Mackensen take Giurgevo on Danube.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Persia: Russians drive back Turks into Persia, taking much war material.

Naval and Overseas Operations
City of Birmingham sunk by German submarine (4 lost).

Political, etc.
Germany: Germany announces it will cut some civilian train services starting on Dec 1st to transport troops and save coal.
United Kingdom: Anglo-French-Italian wheat Executive formed in London.
Britain refuses to allow safe conduct for Count Tarnowski, the new Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the U.S.
United States: Federal Reserve Bank cautions member banks against further buying of belligerents’ war bonds.
16,000 lbs of turkeys, 2000 lbs of cranberries, & 4000 lbs of plum pudding are sent to U.S. soldiers in Mexico for Thanksgiving.

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