Western Front
RFC loses 2 aircraft in air combat, claims 9 Germans shot or forced down.
French soldiers firing a 145 mm naval gun at Hardecourt-aux-Bois:
http://imgur.com/h7FjIF3* © IWM (Q 79009)
Eastern Front
Romania: The three Central Power armies advancing on Bucharest, Romania join their fronts. 8000 Romanian soldiers & 35 artillery guns are captured.
German troops checking debris left by the retreating Romanian Army near Bucharest:
http://imgur.com/xgR8p7h* © IWM (Q 87006)
Fighting in Stanislau and Tarnopol (Galicia).
Russians capture peak commanding Jablonitsa Pass (also listed for yesterday).
Southern Front
Salonika: Turkish XX Corps HQ arrives east of Struma, rest of formation by January 11, 1917.
Greece: Quieter at Athens; detachments (Allies) continue to re-embark.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Persia: Great aerial activity on Tigris front.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Britain: Jellicoe succeeds Admiral Sir H Jackson as First Sea Lord (post offered on November 22). He forms an Admiralty Anti-submarine Division under rear-admiral Duff.
Mediterranean: Caledonia (Anchor Line) torpedoed by submarine
U-65. Crew saved, Captain Blaikie prisoner.
Political, etc.
United Kingdom: Lloyd George resigns, after prime minister Asquith changes mind over smaller war committee demand. The King approves of re-construction of Government.
Lord R. Cecil reports on “situation” in Greece.
Canada: Canadian War Department reports Canadian casualties now numbers 65,680 soldiers.
United States: Last stagecoach robbery takes place near Jarbridge, Nevada, & $4000 are stolen (the money is never found & still believed to be buried).
"The Rink,” directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...%281916%29.webm