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5 November 1917

Western Front
Second Battle of Passchendaele
phase of the Third Battle of Ypres: What remains of Remus Wood during the Battle of Passchendaele: © IWM (E(AUS) 1049): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...153544838500352

Southern Front
Isonzo: Twelfth Battle Of Isonzo, aka, the Battle of Caporetto
: Austro-German forces cross Tagliamento north of Pinzano, capture many prisoners (another sources specifies 6,000)
Pressure on Italian left wing intensified.
Retreat of Italian troops down a military road in Venezia after the Battle of Caporetto: https://i1.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...retto.jpg?ssl=1
Column of Italian prisoners taken by the Austro-Hungarians and Germans at the Caporetto Battle: © IWM (Q 60416): https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...866653119438848
At Rapallo conference Italians ask for 15 Allied divisions, but settle for 11. Temporary British C-in-C Italy Lieutenant-General Lord Cavan arrives at Pavia with ADC Prince of Wales, sees Cadorna on November 6 and agrees to concentrate around Mantua not Milan. Most Italian troops stand behind river Livenza to let Fourth Army come down from north.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine
: British carry Turkish line of defenses between Gaza and Beersheba. Kress begins Gaza’s evacuation. Falkenhayn reaches Jerusalem.
Mesopotamia: Sir S. Maude routs Turks at Tekrit. Cobbe (1,801 casualties) storms 6-mile Turkish line aided by 13th Hussars’ 2 charges. 6,000 Turks lose estimated 1,500 (137 PoWs) men and retreat until November 6, destroying SS Julnar.

Political, etc
Russia
: Kerensky calls loyal troops from suburbs, closes two Bolshevik newspapers, portrayed as ‘counter revolution’.
United Kingdom: Correspondence of British and German Governments re: alleged misuse of British hospital ships issued as White Paper (Cd. 8692).
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