Western Front
Two successful British raids near Fresnoy and Armentieres.
‘Lively’ artillery actions along whole front.
Southern Front
Isonzo: Twelfth Battle Of Isonzo, aka, the
Battle of Caporetto: Germans force crossing of Livenza river and pursue Italians towards Piave river.
Between Tolmezzo and Gemona, 17,000 Italians are outflanked and surrender.
Italian troops flee across the Livenza River, as the German and Austro-Hungarian armies take more prisoners and land. Italian POWs:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...922379216621568
At Peschiera British and French urge Cadorna’s removal, King replies already decided and that Piave line will be held. Bulk of Italian Fourth Army (9 divisions) from Dolomites joins First and Third Armies (21 divisions) on Piave line. Austrians occupy Vittorio Veneto and make it the headquarter of the Fourteenth Army on November 9. Austro-Hungarian troops entering the city: © IWM (Q 60453):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...283974803382273. Marie Fayolle made French C-in-C in place of Denis-Auguste Duchene, arrives on November 21.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
General Allenby follows up his victory in Palestine. 158 Yeomanry (66 casualties) charge and overrun Turkish rearguard taking 11 guns. 52nd Division (702 casualties) storms Sausage Ridge at fifth attempt.
Turks in retreat north on Hebron and Jerusalem. British troops cross the Wadi el Hesi in Palestine in pursuit.
Royal Flying Corps destroy 9 German planes in airfield attacks (until November 9), have ranged 126 targets (November 1-7), drop c.700 bombs (November 7-14) on other targets.
Ruined streets of Gaza after its capture by the Allies from the Ottomans:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...892169100230663
Political, etc
Russia: Red Guards overrun Winter Palace at 0100 hours. c.1,800 Red sailors arrive by train from Helsinki. During the Bolshevik coup d'état in Petrograd. M. Vladimir Lenin and M. Leon Trotski assume power. Former succeeds M. Aleksandr Kerenski as Premier (actual title: Chairman, Council of People’s commissars); and latter succeeds M. Mikhail Tereshchenko as Foreign Minister (actual title: Commissar for Foreign Affairs)(see 13th, May 16th and August 6th). Military Revolutionary committee cables all fronts to accept revolution or face arrest. Red troops occupy Kremlin in Moscow but Cossacks retake Minsk. Revolutionaries announce "an immediate democratic peace" their first objective.
The Winter Palace has been fallen and the members of the Provisional Government are under arrest. A Red Guard inside the throne-room of the Tsars:
https://i1.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...guard.jpg?ssl=1
Congress of Soviets approves Commissars of the People including Alexei Rykov (Interior) and Josef Stalin (National Minorities). Civil Service strike against Reds (strikers arrested and drafted on November 27). Reds seize Yaroslavl, Kazan and Samara on Volga and Vladimir.
Armed Bolshevik sailors posing for the camera:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...848131600949248
United Kingdom: Arrival in London of U.S. Mission under “Colonel” (Southern Gentleman Title) House.
British news-film "Topical Budget," showing the Polish Legion in France, carrier pigeons, and other news:
http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/index/5436
United States: Women win the right to vote in New York State and City in yesterday's election.