Western Front
Cambrai: A claims that strong German attacks on British positions east of Bullecourt repulsed; also two raids near Hollebeke.
However, another source says: On the Western Front, clear weather and frozen ground lead to resumptions of infantry attacks, with German troops capturing British lines east of Bullecourt.
Ypres: German raid repulsed.
British bomb Conflans station.
German stormtroopers undergo realistic training by advancing through a cloud of gas:
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Germany: 5 Navy airships (
L-46,
L-47,
L-59,
L-58 and
SL-20) destroyed by explosions and fire at Ahlhorn (petrol fire under
L-59 rear gondola likely, or possibly sabotage), 15 dead.
Men of the 15th Battalion, Royal Scots manning a Lewis gun in the trenches at Croisilles, France: © IWM (Q 10609):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...005049501552640
Eastern Front
Negotiations again suspended on Russian front.
Southern Front
Artillery activity from Asiago to Adriatic and aerial activity on whole front.
Italy: 74 Royal Flying Corps aircraft serviceable, later 1918 strength varies from 65 to 91.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: Lt.-Col. R. Storrs made Governor of Jerusalem.
Aden: British make strong reconnaissance towards Hatum and Jabir and destroy the former.
Political, etc
France: Permits for U.S. soldiers in France to visit Paris are curtailed in the interests of “temperance and morality.”
United Kingdom: Mr. Lloyd George addresses Man-power Conference on War Aims. Envisages peace based on moral principle and League of Nations war alternative. No intention of molesting Turk homelands, Straits to be internationalized. (IOW, Turkey to be dismembered, despite claim of not ‘molesting’ Turkish homelands). The actual text is here:
https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/P...tish_War_Aim s
Canada: Newfoundland: Mr. Lloyd forms new Cabinet.
Turkey: Turkey communicates peace terms to Russia.
Italy: (Listed for yesterday): The Pope protests the Central Powers’ bombing of Padua, Italy due to the loss of life and the damages caused to priceless works of art and architecture.
Finland: Germany also formally recognizes the independence of Finland from Russia. Then, Greece recognizes the independence of Finland from Russia, becoming the 5th government to do so.
Spain: Spain announces it has dismissed 1500 soldiers and officers from its Army for planning a coup.