Western Front
Battle of Cambrai: Heavy back-and-forth fighting continues at the Battle of Cambrai, where villages near Bourlon Wood change hands several times between the British and Germans: Moeuvres, Queant, Bullecourt, and Banteux. British fail to storm Bourlon Hill, but Colonel Wade with party hold part of village until November 26. British recover Fontaine-Notre-Dame; renewed attacks on November 25-27 are fruitless. Haig letter laments severe shortage of infantrymen.
Successful French minor attack on Verdun front.
Southern Front
First Battle of the Piave (until December 30): Austrian assaults fail on Asiago Plateau; also attempts to cross Lower Piave. Emperor Charles ends attacks in Asiago sector, Conrad’s losses 15,030 (nearly 7,000 sick) since November 10.
General Sir Herbert Plumer assumes formal command of British forces in Italy.
Emperors Charles (far left) and Wilhelm II, hoping to knock Italy out of the war:
https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...alien.jpg?ssl=1
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Battle of Nebi Samwil: Battle of Nebi Samwil (Palestine) ends (see 17th.). Anzac Mounted Division gains but loses 2 bridgeheads north of river Auja until November 25. Turkish losses are 437 soldiers.
Lt.-Gen. Sir W. R. Marshall succeeds Sir S. Maude in Mesopotamia (see 18 November).
Political, etc
Russia: Bolsheviks bury those who died in the taking of Moscow in the Kremlin walls:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...738226229145600
The Bolsheviks release the details to the public of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, which splits Ottoman lands between the French and British:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...753317813030912
France: French newsreel showing French soldiers in northern Italy to reinforce the line against Austria-Hungary:
http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/index/45429 (sucks that these keep coming up for me as “content unavailable”, but YMMV).
Turkey: Ain ed Douleh succeeds Ala es Sultaneh as Persian Prime Minister (see June 6th, 1917 and January 19th, 1918).