Western Front
British troops recapture lines near Bullecourt taken by the Germans yesterday, but German troops capture French trenches on the Aisne and Verdun fronts.
British soldiers using a collapsed water tower at Riencourt as their billet: © IWM (Q 8392):
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German fighter ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, who has 28 aerial victories, is killed in action near Ypres:
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Southern Front
Patrol actions between Brenta and Piave rivers.
Austro-Hungarian patrols active north of Costalunga.
Albania: Italians repulse large Austro-Hungarian detachments on Osum river.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Arabia: Arabs raid Hejaz railway south of Maan; Nasir’s 300 Arabs with 1 gun capture Jurf-ed-Derawish Station with over 200 Turks 30 miles north of Maan.
Turkish Arab cavalry on the march:
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Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Czech Prague Convention demands sovereign state.
Germany: German socialists denounce German government demands of territory from Soviet Russia. They instead urge no annexations and to uphold the principle of self-determination.
Russia: British agent Major Banting reports ‘On all sides German agents are appearing … buying up existing stocks’.
Lenin takes Finland holiday until January 11.
Finland: Independence of Finland recognized by France.