Western Front
Fighting on the Western Front is limited to small engagements as intense cold weather hampers troop movements.
Bruges harbour bombed by British naval airmen.
Eastern Front
Baltic Provinces: East of Kalutsem high road, (west of Riga) Germans launch several attacks, repulsed.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Black Sea: Off Anatolian coast Russian warships sink 18 small Turkish vessels.
Political, etc.
United Kingdom: The Government approves a scheme giving the Air Board responsibility for experimental work and approval of aircraft design, the number to be ordered and their allocation between the Services. The Ministry of Munitions undertakes production, inspection and delivery.
Appeal to nation for food economy by Lord Davenport.
United States: Around 50,000 American volunteers are fighting for the Allies, with around 40,000 in the British Army.
Count Adam Tarnowski (on left), the new Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the U.S., arrives in New York:
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Bill is introduced in the U.S. Senate for the construction of 100 new submarines.
President Wilson goes to the Capitol and meets with Senate leaders to discuss severing diplomatic relations with Germany.
Norway: Norway institutes coal rations in order to combat shortages caused by the war.