Western Front
Heavy reciprocal raiding near Ypres.
Eastern Front
Romania: Falkenhayn enters Buzeu in push for Braila and Galatz (Danube towns); Danube army over the Jalomitsa; all of Wallachia in German hands, military government established at Bucharest.
German Army announces the capture of the Romanian oil fields in Campina and reveals they are undamaged by the fighting.
Russians again in Carpathian struggle, and along Moldavian frontier.
Southern Front
Fighting near Monastir.
Strong artillery action in Lake Doiran zone.
Turkey: RNAS bomb Kuleli-Burgas rail bridge 20 miles south of Adrianople (and Razlovci in Occupied Serbia on December 15).
Asiatic and Egyptian
Mesopotamia: RFC B. E. 2C scatters Turk Shumran pontoon bridge, leaving only Tigris Ferry till December 17. 2 RFC B. E. 2cs shoot down Albatros near Kut on December 20. 2-10 aircraft attack Turk depots east of Kut (December 21-22).
Naval and Overseas Operations
Mediterranean: British horse-transport
SS Russian is sunk eat of Malta, resulting in 28 crew member deaths:
http://imgur.com/XTsVsxL ; general cargo ship
SS Westminster torpedoed.
Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: Prime Minister Dr Ernst Körber resigns against Emperor’s talks with Hungary. Count Heinrich Clam-Martinic succeeds on December 20.
Germany: Berlin fixes the upper price limit for horse meat at 39 cents a pound for the best cuts.
United Kingdom: House of Commons votes £400m war credit (total 1916-17 £1.75 billions: war costs £5.5 million per day). This will add 1 million men to the Army.
British government threatens to punish strikers at the Port of Liverpool, as they are impacting Royal Navy operations.
Greece: Allied 24-hour ultimatum (accepted on December 15). Greek withdrawal of entire Greek Armies from Thessaly demanded (see 11th and 15th).
Denmark: Denmark holds a referendum on whether or not to sell the Danish West Indian Islands to the US. Yes for the sale wins with 64.2% of the vote.