26 November 1916
 

Western Front
German attacks against British east of Beaumont-Hamel are repulsed. 2 German attacks in Champagne against French lines are also defeated.
A captured German memorial for their fallen comrades at Beaumont Hamel: http://imgur.com/Qd55vpH* © IWM (Q 1525)
British troops in the ruined remains of the village of Beaumont Hamel: http://imgur.com/fHOoJGU* © IWM (Q 1558)
OHL issues equivocal instruction on role of forthcoming Siegfried Stellung (Hindenburg Line): ‘Just as in times of peace, we build fortresses, so we are now building rearward defences. Just as we have kept clear of our fortresses, so we shall keep at a distance from these rearward defences’.

Eastern Front
Romania: Mackensen reaches Alexandria, 50 miles from Bucharest, and contacts Falkenhayn.
Central Power Aeroplanes bombard Bucharest for five hours, as the Central Power’s armies are only 47 miles away from the Romanian capital.

Southern Front
Macedonia: French and Serbs capture Hill 1,050 (7 miles north-east of Monastir).

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Egypt: East Sinai railway reaches Mazar.

Naval and Overseas Operations
French submarine Papin leaving Toulon on a reconnaissance mission: http://imgur.com/dxv1rZI* © IWM (Q 58292)
North Sea: Second German naval raid on Lowestoft (see April 25th); German destroyers raid Lowestoft (Royal Navy armed trawler Narval sunk) as diversion for German raider Möwe. Möwe sails from Kiel on second cruise (see March 4th, 1916 and March 22nd, 1917).
East Africa: Lake Nyasa: Wahle’s 303-strong rearguard with 1 gun and 3 MGs surrender at Ilembule to Murray’s 450 motorized troops.

27 November 1916
 

Western Front
German airship raid on East coast of England: 7 of 10 Zeppelins raid Northern England, drop 206 bombs (41 civilian casualties: 4 killed, 37 injured), but 2 Zeppelins lost to 40 defence sorties (record so far). Second Lieutenant V Pyott of No 36 Squadron RFC in B E 2 shoots down L-34 (Dietrich) off Hartlepool with 71 rounds mixed incendiary/ball ammunition from his Lewis gun, 20 crew all killed (night November 27-28). RNAS Flt Sub-Lts E Cadbury and E Pulling shoot down L-21 (Frankenberg) after chase to 8 miles off Lowestoft.

Eastern Front
Romania: Central Power armies capture the entire Olt River defensive line in Romania. Germany reports Romanian resistance “is breaking.” Falkenhayn’s Alpenkorps captures Curtea de Arges and 41st Division Slatina on river Aluta. Bulgarian troops of Mackensen take Giurgevo on Danube.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Persia: Russians drive back Turks into Persia, taking much war material.

Naval and Overseas Operations
City of Birmingham sunk by German submarine (4 lost).

Political, etc.
Germany: Germany announces it will cut some civilian train services starting on Dec 1st to transport troops and save coal.
United Kingdom: Anglo-French-Italian wheat Executive formed in London.
Britain refuses to allow safe conduct for Count Tarnowski, the new Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the U.S.
United States: Federal Reserve Bank cautions member banks against further buying of belligerents’ war bonds.
16,000 lbs of turkeys, 2000 lbs of cranberries, & 4000 lbs of plum pudding are sent to U.S. soldiers in Mexico for Thanksgiving.

28 November 1916
 

Western Front
First daylight aircraft raid on London: at 1150 hours LVG C-IV (llges and Brandt) drops 6 x 22lb bombs between Brompton Road and Victoria Station (10 civilians wounded). LVG later force-lands near Boulogne (crew taken PoW).
A LVG C biplane captured by the French: https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...tured-LVG-C.jpg
On the Western Front in general, fog almost eliminates flying until December 3.

Eastern Front
Romania: Mackensen fighting at Calugarino, 17 miles south of Bucharest, forces river Niaslova on November 30.
Carpathians: Lechitski captures heights east of Jablonitsa and Kirlibaba Passes in relief offensive to aid Rumania (until December 13).

Southern Front
Bulgarians occupy Giurgevo (on Danube).
Successful British raid near Macukovo (left bank Vardar, south-west of Doiran).

Naval and Overseas Operations
British seaplanes have now been bombing Drama and Bulgarian coast for five days.
Brixham fishing fleet attacked by German submarine.
100 French sailors land at Piraeus.

Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: Kaiser Wilhelm II arrives in Vienna to attend Hofburg Chapel lying instate.
Turkey: Ottoman government refuses to allow American citizens from leaving the empire, citing military reasons.
Romania: Romanian government officials and diplomatic authorities leave Bucharest and evacuate to Iași to escape the advancing Central Powers.
United States: Loans made by U.S. banks to the Allied powers since the war began now total $1.795 billion (around $39.8 billion today).
U.S. Federal Reserve Board warns against continued “unlimited participation” of U.S. bankers in foreign war loans.
Greece: Greek batteries (to be surrendered to Allies) removed to Chalcis, etc.
Mexico: Mexican rebels under Pancho Villa fully capture the city of Chihuahua, after driving back a Mexican government counterattack.
Dominican Republic: US-backed military government proclaimed.

29 November 1916
 

Eastern Front
Romania: BATTLE OF BUCHAREST (until December 3). Falkenhayn captures Ploesti. Rumanian First and Second Armies retreat behind river Arges west of capital at night November 29-30.
General von Falkenhayn, with German & Austro-Hungarian officers, observing the Battle of Ploesti: http://imgur.com/kgWAgGY* © IWM (Q 23855)

Southern Front
Austro-Hungarians massing troops on Carso front.
Fight east of Monastir continues in fog.
British seaplanes bomb Gereviz (Bulgaria).

Naval and Overseas Operations
Admiral Sir David Beatty appointed to succeed Admiral Sir John Jellicoe as Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet (see December 4th). Admiral Sir C Madden, Jellicoe‘s Chief-of-Staff, becomes second in command replacing Admiral Sir C Burney. Vice-Admiral Sir W Pakenham takes over battlecruisers.
Black Sea: Russians commission of 2 seaplane carriers (max 18 aircraft) and they soon sink German coaster Irmingard; 4 Rumanian-owned liners also converted.

Political, etc.
United Kingdom: Board of Trade takes over South Wales coalfield from 1 December 1916.
Japan: 39 Japanese soldiers are killed in Aomori Prefecture when their troop train collides with a cargo train.
United States: Further protest of U.S.A. against deportation of Belgians.
Australia: Constructing nearing completion on the HMAS Brisbane, the only cruiser built in Australia: http://imgur.com/GG1rXDk

Just a little side note ...

HMAS Brisbane was a Town class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in Sydney between 1913 and 1916 to the Chatham subtype design, Brisbane operated in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Australian coastal waters during World War I.

Following the end of the war, the cruiser was decommissioned and recommissioned on several occasions, and was reclassified as a training ship in late 1925.

In 1935, Brisbane was reactivated to transport personnel for the new cruiser HMAS*Sydney to Britain, after which she was decommissioned and sold for breaking up as scrap.

Kewl: nice supplement, DB.

30 November 1916
 

Western Front
French aircraft bomb Thionville.
Battle of Verdun: Crown Prince gives up command of German army on Verdun front.

Eastern Front
Romania: Battle Of Bucharest: Russian troops launch counterattacks to stop the Central Power’s advance in Romania, but they are now only 12 miles from Bucharest.
Germans force passage of River Neajlovu.
Dobruja: Russian and RNAS armored cars (left Odessa November 13, arriving Hirsova on Danube November 27), lead attack (until December 1 with 7 armored cars damaged) at Topalul aiding IV Siberian Corps (over 9,000 casualties) to take two hills hold by Bulgarian troops.
Galicia: Russians repulsed on river Zlota Lipa.

Southern Front
General artillery action Italian front.
Greek army reported marching north.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Persia: Russians 30 miles south of northern Persian frontier.

Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: German raider (ex-liner) Wolf (Nerger, 458 mines, and a small seaplane) breaks out for worldwide 15-month cruise (until March 24, 1918) that sinks 15 ships for 38,391t.
Channel: Q-ship Penshurst sinks coastal submarine UB-19 (left Zeebruegge November 22). http://imgur.com/F6I7OoV
U-49 on maiden voyage (November) sinks 40,000t shipping in Channel and Biscay.
Britain: During November the shipping losses were 49 ships (7 to mines) worth 168,809t in total to U-boats of 325,218t of all nations (164,130t or 40 ships in Mediterranean).

Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: Francis Joseph‘s funeral: Kaiser Wilhelm II; Tsar Ferdinand; Kings of Bavaria and Saxony; Crown Princes of Germany, Sweden and Turkey attend.Francis Joseph’s coffin being placed on the hearse: http://imgur.com/qEipe4z* © IWM (Q 88236) Funeral procession of mourners on the way to St. Stephen’s Cathedral: http://imgur.com/NwxFBzT* © IWM (Q 88228) Coffin of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary at St. Stephen’s Cathedral: http://imgur.com/fusCFTk* © IWM (Q 112660)
Germany: German actress Dorrit Weixler, known for her comedic roles, commits suicide: http://imgur.com/t8Ht8VW
United Kingdom: British officials claim that Germans are supporting American pacifists in an effort to end the war in Germany’s favor.
Lord Derby on New Volunteer Army.
Italy: Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio, is tasked by Italy to organize Rome’s move away from gas to electricity for cooking & heating.
Greece: Reserve officers called up. Government refuses Allied demands; Allies land their troops at Piraeus. French authorities are expelled from Athens.

1 December 1916
 

Western Front
Britain: In December plan to expand RFC on Western Front to 106 regular and 95 reserve squadrons.
First flight of Royal Aircraft Factory SE5 single-seat fighter (prototype crashes January 1917).
During December RFC loses 27 aircraft in action, 17 within BEF lines.
Horses pulling artillery guns up a slope at a French artillery school in Bougainville: http://imgur.com/J5c6joO* © IWM (Q 58155)

Eastern Front
Romania: Battle Of Bucharest: Government leaves Bucharest for Jassy.
Battle of the Arges: (until December 5): 3 Rumanian divisions counter-stroke takes 3,000 PoWs and 20 guns from Mackensen, but Falkenhayn joins up to save 217th Division on December 2 and Russian 40th Division remains inactive till vain attacks on December 4 and 5.
Carpathians: Lechitski driven off Rakida and Kirlibaba heights but pushes up Trotus Valley on December 3, takes peak commanding Jablonitsa Pass on December 4.

Southern Front
Italy: Austrians bomb Vicenza.
Greece: King’s troops (over 40 killed) fight 3,000 Allied sailors and marines (227 casualties) for 3 1/2 hours in Athens outskirts until armistice leads to Allied withdrawal until December 2.
French C-in-C Admiral Dartigue involved in Athens fighting. Battleship Mirabeau fires 4 shells near Royal Palace forcing Constantine and family into cellar.
Macedonia: German and Bulgarian troops launch two counterattacks against Serbian and French lines in Macedonia, recapturing some trenches.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Egypt: Surrender reported of sons of Ali Dinar (late Sultan of Darfur); organised resistance ended.

Naval and Overseas Operations
During December U-boats sink 167 ships (39 British worth 109,936t; 58 Allied; 70 neutral) worth 276,400t.
Adriatic: In December British Monitor Earl of Peterborough arrives at Venice to support Italian Army.

Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: At Herceghalom, Hungary, 2 passenger trains collide, resulting in 69 deaths: the deadliest train accident in Hungary. Many of the passengers were mourners who attended yesterday's funeral of Emperor Franz Joseph. The crash site: http://imgur.com/bqaKaXm
Germany: Compared to 1910, the population of Berlin dropped by almost 300,000 and is now 1,712,679 people.
United Kingdom: Last meeting of War Committee of British Cabinet (see 9th and November 3rd, 1915).
British Admiral Baron Beresford warns about increased German submarine activity: “We are in a position of unparalleled gravity.
Publication of Despatch of 1 October 1916 from Sir A. Murray (operations 1 June - 30 September 1916).
Mr. Lloyd George declares his inability to remain in the Government.
United States: Professor Frederick M. Scott of the University of Michigan predicts the U.S. will have its own “American” language in the future.
President Wilson, accompanied by Secret Service men, goes through Washington’s shopping district to buy Christmas presents.
Greece: Greek Government refuse Entente demands (leads to fighting listed above).

2 December 1916
 

Eastern Front
Romania: Battle Of Bucharest: Fighting rages on three sides of Bucharest. Romanian troops recapture two villages to the south, but are pushed back in the north and west.
Heavy fighting at Cerna Voda (Dobruja).
Carpathians: In the Carpathians, Russian troops advance against Austria-Hungary and enter the village of Cârlibaba.

Southern Front
Greece: Allies declare blockade and embargo all Greek vessels. Venizelists fight Royalists in Athens (former massacred on December 6). Twohundred people are killed in Athens due to clashes between Entente and Greek troops. King Constantine of Greece agrees to a truce.
Serbs carry strong Bulgarian positions north of Gumishta; Turks assist Bulgarians at Seres and Drama.

Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: British Kilwa Force occupies Ngarambi, 30 miles northwest of Fort Kibata.

Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: New Emperor Charles takes command of Armed Forces.
Russia: Russian Premier (M. Trepov) announces that the Allies have acknowledged Russia's right to Constantinople and the Bosphorus Straits (see March 12th and April 12th, 1915).
Duma attack on ‘dark forces’ behind throne.
United Kingdom: British news-film “Topical Budget” showing Serbian troops operating in Macedonia, among other news: http://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/index/5406
Greece: As part of the truce, Greek Government agrees to surrender six (subsequently eight) field batteries.

"Russian Premier (M. Trepov) announces that the Allies have acknowledged Russia's right to Constantinople and the Bosphorus Straits."

Has anyone told Putin?

I hope not. Maybe there was a proviso that the Czar had to be in power for this to be in effect and Lenin made sure that can't happen. :confused:

JK

3 December 1916
 

Eastern Front
Romania: Battle Of Bucharest: In Romania, Central Power troops cross the lower Arges River, which brings the capital Bucharest in range of artillery guns. Falkenhayn then signs 3-day armistice allowing Bucharest‘s evacuation (arsenal and forts blown up on December 4).
Carpathians: Severe fighting in Carpathian and Moldavian Valleys; Russians push up the Trotus.
Romanian retreat south-east; heavily beaten by Mackensen on Lower Arges.
Bulgarians repulse Russian assaults in the Dobruja.

Southern Front
Serbia: Serb Drina Division captures Gruniste east of Crna, then Staravina on December 4.
Greece: Outrages against Venizelists at Athens; 1,300 French troops landed at Piraeus, but re-embarked.

Naval and Overseas Operations
Funchal (Madeira) bombarded by German submarine U-38, (see December 12th, 1917, when U-156 repeats it), sinking 2 ships in harbor, and the French sloop Surprise off port.
British and French Governments conclude agreement (the "Clementel Agreement"): (1) to unite British ships in French service to those already employed; (2) to co-ordinate Allied tonnage; (3) to create inter-allied bureau to centralise charter of neutral shipping (see January 6th, November 3rd, and December 3rd, 1917).

Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: Emperor Charles I of Austria visits the Austro-Hungarian Army headquarters for the first time since ascending the throne.
Russia: Russian Premier Trepov promises that after the war, Russia will create a new Kingdom of Poland that encompasses all Polish territory.
Germany: Socialist members of the Reichstag denounce German forced labor and deportations of Belgian civilians.
United Kingdom: Admiral Sir Henry Jackson, First Sea Lord, Great Britain, resigns (see 4th, and May 28th, 1915).
David Lloyd George and other Conservative Cabinet members demands Premier Asquith to resign, or else they would resign. Mr. Asquith decides on re-construction of Government.
Wage dispute in South Wales settled in favor of miners.
Mexico: Pancho Villa retreats from the city of Chihuahua, Mexico after sacking it. Mexican government troops later retake the city.

4 December 1916
 

Western Front
RFC loses 2 aircraft in air combat, claims 9 Germans shot or forced down.
French soldiers firing a 145 mm naval gun at Hardecourt-aux-Bois: http://imgur.com/h7FjIF3* © IWM (Q 79009)

Eastern Front
Romania: The three Central Power armies advancing on Bucharest, Romania join their fronts. 8000 Romanian soldiers & 35 artillery guns are captured.
German troops checking debris left by the retreating Romanian Army near Bucharest: http://imgur.com/xgR8p7h* © IWM (Q 87006)
Fighting in Stanislau and Tarnopol (Galicia).
Russians capture peak commanding Jablonitsa Pass (also listed for yesterday).

Southern Front
Salonika: Turkish XX Corps HQ arrives east of Struma, rest of formation by January 11, 1917.
Greece: Quieter at Athens; detachments (Allies) continue to re-embark.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Persia: Great aerial activity on Tigris front.

Naval and Overseas Operations
Britain: Jellicoe succeeds Admiral Sir H Jackson as First Sea Lord (post offered on November 22). He forms an Admiralty Anti-submarine Division under rear-admiral Duff.
Mediterranean: Caledonia (Anchor Line) torpedoed by submarine U-65. Crew saved, Captain Blaikie prisoner.

Political, etc.
United Kingdom: Lloyd George resigns, after prime minister Asquith changes mind over smaller war committee demand. The King approves of re-construction of Government.
Lord R. Cecil reports on “situation” in Greece.
Canada: Canadian War Department reports Canadian casualties now numbers 65,680 soldiers.
United States: Last stagecoach robbery takes place near Jarbridge, Nevada, & $4000 are stolen (the money is never found & still believed to be buried).
"The Rink,” directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...%281916%29.webm

5 December 1916
 

The Cosmos
Planet Earth: One hundred years ago, in the deep dark swamps of the Okefenokee there was an evil spirit from prehistoric time that long to take a form that would be able to cruelly torment future innocent people, (namely me). This demonic entity long ago decided to divide itself into two existences, a male form and a female form so to be able to confuse all people. First came Beelzebub, the male form, to practice and perfect the way for the true future of oppression and torture of the innocent from the female form. Now that she saw her spirit could put the entire world into a war and while she had to wait decades for her perfect victim, it was this day a century ago that she came into being.

Happy Birthday Lilith. :vamp:

Ya' learn something new everyday. :yikes:

Oh, yeah, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LILITH!