Western Front
A limited British attack takes 1,018 PoWs and 4 guns. Renewed German attacks on Welsh Ridge repulsed.
183,896 AEF (American Expedition Force) personnel now in Europe.
An American troopship has docked in a French port:
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A British soldier looking at the ruins of the Ypres cathedral:
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British horses pulling a dummy tank near the front to fool German planes:
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Canadian soldiers having a meal outside their dugout:
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Eastern Front
Civil war raging in Russia; large numbers of officers have joined General Alexei Kaledin.
Southern Front
Austrians forced to abandon bridgehead in Zenson bend.
Austrians bomb Treviso, Vicenza, Castelfranco and Bassano.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: British 1917 Dutch convoys (1,031 ships) lose only 6 ships, but escorts lose 5 destroyers, 9 damaged, and 1 cruiser damaged in collision (520 lives lost).
Baltic: Russians have laid annual record of 13,418 mines.
Allied and neutral December shipping losses to U-boats: 160 ships (76 British, 520 lives lost) worth 382,060t (U-boat figure 411,766t including 148,331t in Mediterranean; 8 U-boats lost, only 2 in Mediterranean). 3,680 portable hydrophone sets now in British service.
Mozambique: ”Progress” reported in East Africa.
Political, etc
Russia: Bolshevik supporters in Petrograd march in the streets to celebrate the ongoing peace negotiations with the Central Powers.
Soviet Government issues a decree recognizing the independence of Finland. Finland declared independence from Russia on December 6th.
France: Elections postponed for duration. Stamp duty on purchases over 10 francs.
French artist Jules Arthur Joet’s painting an equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force: © IWM (Q 10195):
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United Kingdom: Lowest working days lost since April. Now 217,000 allotments in urban areas.
Lord Rhondda issues model rationing scheme. Sugar is also restricted to half a pound a week.
United States: (Listed for yesterday): U.S. Justice Department sets February 4 as the date when all German men of fighting age without US citizenship must register with the government and carry a special identification card.
Army strength 485,250; National Guard 416,031; National Army 480,000; Reserve 157,225.
Switzerland: Anglo-Turkish agreement for exchange of prisoners signed at Berne.