Western Front
Battle of Cambrai: Battle of Cambrai, ends (see November 20th, 1917 and October 8th, 1918).
British withdraw at La Vacquerie and east of Marcoing, and bridgehead over canal.
German forces at Cambrai claim the capture of another 2000 British soldiers and 40 artillery guns in their attacks against the British salient.
Ypres: British gain ground south-west of Polygon Wood.
Haig warns his army commanders: ‘… situation on the Russian and Italian fronts … the paucity of reinforcements which we are likely to receive will in all probability necessitate adopting a defensive attitude for the next few months. We must be prepared to meet a strong and sustained hostile offensive’.

Eastern Front
First session of armistice [Also known as "Truce Delegates" and "Peace Delegates."] delegates at Brest-Litovsk-Bolshevik Russia, and Bulgaria, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey (see 6th, and November 30th).
General Nikolai Dukhonin murdered by mob of soldiers and sailors at Mohilev station. General Lavr Kornilov escapes.

Southern Front
First Battle of the Piave (until December 30): 213 Austrian guns and mortars heavily bombard (mainly gas shell) Mt.Sisemol to Mt.Badenecche until December 4.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
British 74th Division battalion (286 casualties) takes but loses Beit-Ur-el Foka.
Mesopotamia: Third Action of Jebel Hamrin: Egerton’s 20,000 men with 116 guns and Colonel Bicharakov’s 1,000 Cossacks advance against 4,400 Turks with 34 guns, occupy Sakaltutan Pass on December 4, take Kara Tepe on December 5, inflict 542 Turk casualties for 219.
British drive Turks out of Kara Tepe; Turks flood country between Nahrin and Diala rivers.
Armenia: War Cabinet decide to meet ‘any reasonable demands for money from Russian Caucasus Army.’ Russians attempt to co-operate from Persia.

Political, etc
Germany: German Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General von Ludendorff both express confidence in victory due to Russia’s Revolution, the German submarine campaign, and ineffectiveness of the U.S.
France: Allied Conference in Paris resolve to establish an Allied Maritime Transport Council (see January 6th and November 3rd, 1917 and February 15th, 1918).
7,000 strikers close Saint*-Etienne munitions factory until December 5.
United Kingdom: CIGS cables General Ballard (Liaison Officer with Rumanian Army) to finance Kaledin ‘up to any figure necessary’.
Voluntary food ration scale issued for all under 18. 4 German PoWs briefly escape from Farnborough.
Italy: First day of compulsory food rationing in Rome.
Bulgaria: Bulgaria declares readiness to negotiate war settlement.
Romania: Russian C-in-C General Dmitry Shcherbachev informs King Ferdinand of Mackensen’s ceasefire approaches.
United States: War Savings and Thrift stamps go on sale.
Shell casing from the first U.S. shot against Germany on the Western Front is presented to President Wilson at the White House.

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