Western Front
Verdun: French drive Germans out of Caurieres Wood.
Eastern Front
Central Powers approach trenches near Focsani; repulsed everywhere by Romanians.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Austrians close Swiss frontier, but Italians warned from Berne of imminent attack, possibly on Middle Isonzo.
Germany: Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince meet in Berlin to discuss the Pope’s proposal for peace.
Russia: General Kornilov surrenders to the Provisional Government (see 13th).
Kerensky proclaims Republic and Council of Five, but power really passing to Petrograd Soviet.
General Aleksandr Krymov, who commited suicide due to his part in the coup:
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Canada: War-Times Election Act enfranchises close women relatives of servicemen for duration of war and demobilization.
New Zealand: Sir J. Allen on New Zealand spirit.
Italy: British conference aims to supply Italy with 700,000t coal pm (including 60,000-70,000t US) on Gibraltar-Genoa route if Italy spares 11 destroyers for escort (conditionally accepted after long wrangle and Caporetto disaster on November 23).
United States: $2 billion naval spending in last year.
Elihu Root, former US Secretary of War and Secretary of State, says anyone who opposes the war are traitors.