Eastern Front
Romania: BATTLE OF BUCHAREST (until December 3). Falkenhayn captures Ploesti. Rumanian First and Second Armies retreat behind river Arges west of capital at night November 29-30.
General von Falkenhayn, with German & Austro-Hungarian officers, observing the Battle of Ploesti:
http://imgur.com/kgWAgGY* © IWM (Q 23855)
Southern Front
Austro-Hungarians massing troops on Carso front.
Fight east of Monastir continues in fog.
British seaplanes bomb Gereviz (Bulgaria).
Naval and Overseas Operations
Admiral Sir David Beatty appointed to succeed Admiral Sir John Jellicoe as Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet (see December 4th). Admiral Sir C Madden, Jellicoe‘s Chief-of-Staff, becomes second in command replacing Admiral Sir C Burney. Vice-Admiral Sir W Pakenham takes over battlecruisers.
Black Sea: Russians commission of 2 seaplane carriers (max 18 aircraft) and they soon sink German coaster Irmingard; 4 Rumanian-owned liners also converted.
Political, etc.
United Kingdom: Board of Trade takes over South Wales coalfield from 1 December 1916.
Japan: 39 Japanese soldiers are killed in Aomori Prefecture when their troop train collides with a cargo train.
United States: Further protest of U.S.A. against deportation of Belgians.
Australia: Constructing nearing completion on the HMAS Brisbane, the only cruiser built in Australia:
http://imgur.com/GG1rXDk