Western Front
(Listed for yesterday): French troops carry out a successful raid north of Badonviller in the Vosges, taking 40 German prisoners.
Canadian troops repairing a trench in Lens:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...320978381197317
Eastern Front
Brest-Litovsk: At Brest-Litovsk, Central Powers reject Soviet Russia’s proposal that armies of the Central Powers leave occupied areas before official peace is concluded.
Ukraine: Red Guard drive on Kiev begins, takes Poltava on January 18.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Light cruiser
Köln II completed at Hamburg, first of projected 10-ship class, only 5 launched and one other,
Rostock II completed on March 28.
Mozambique: British War Office announces progress in East Africa.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: Strikes and riots break out in Vienna due to reduced flour rations and the perceived lack of progress in the peace negotiations with Russia.
Emperor Charles cables Ottokar Czernin ‘If peace is not made at Brest-Litovks it will be revolution here, no matter how much there is to eat’.
Emperor Karl I and Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary with Crown Prince Franz Josef Otto:
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United Kingdom: House of Commons defeat a bill that would have extended conscription to Ireland by a vote of 136 to 48.
Romania: Romania ignores Soviet Russia's ultimatum from yesterday, heightening tensions between Romania and Russia soldiers still stationed in the country.