Western Front
Artois: Marwitz takes over German Second Army from Gallwitz (until September 22, 1918) who goes to Fifth Army at Verdun.
Battle of Verdun: French offensive continues and succeeds in taking minor parts of Caurieres Wood and Bezon-Vaux.
German counter-attack near Verdun; they recover Les Chambrettes.
British prisoners taken to prisoner of war camps by German soldiers:
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Eastern Front
Fighting continues in the Tarnopol region; Romanians and Russians continue to fall back.
Dobruja: Bulgars break through, causing chaos; 1 st Cossack Division’s radio station with cipher code captured, new code from December 21 no more secret.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Strong Turkish cavalry attacks checked south of Falahiya (Kut).
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: Fighting at Kibata continues.
Political, etc.
Germany: A postcard from Chicago was flown in an aeroplane to New York, where it traveled by U-Boat to Germany, and it has now arrived in Berlin.
German government: “Germany will never give up Alsace and Lorraine while there is a German living.”
Germany reports it seized 60 million bushels of cereals in Romania to help alleviate food shortages in Germany.
France: General Nivelle, new French commander-in-chief: “Victory is certain: I give you assurance. Germany will learn it to her cost.”
Turkey: Government ends extra-territoriality agreements with Turkey due to her treatment of Armenians and Syrians.
Greece: Greek Government issue warrant for arrest of M. Venizelos on charge of high treason (see August 30th and September 29th, 1916 and June 26th, 1917). Athens Archbishop anathematises him on December 26.