Western Front
At Ancre, British troops advance 500 yards on a three-quarters of a mile front. Trench raids are conducted in other areas.
North-east of Gueudecourt both sides make raids.

Eastern Front
Baltic Provinces: Near Riga, German forces conducted 6 large attacks against Russian lines from daybreak to nightfall, but fail to make major advances.
East of Kalutsem road, Germans again attack and take positions, but are ejected.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Egypt: At Siwa (Western Egypt) British expedition locates and defeats the forces of the Senussi leader, Said Ahmed.

Naval and Overseas Operations
In Manila Bay German crews wreck the engine-rooms of nine German steamers.

Political, etc.
Germany: Intense cold wave continues in Germany, with some areas seeing record lows. Suffering is exacerbated by the coal shortage.
Germany agrees to yesterday’s US demand to release 72 Americans whose ship was sunk in the Atlantic by a German raider.
Turkey: Sa'id Halim, Turkish Grand Vizier, resigns [Appointed in 1913.]: succeeded by Talaat Pasha (see October 13th, 1918).
United States: U.S. government appeals for other neutral nations to also break off diplomatic ties with Germany for resuming unrestricted submarine warfare.
William J. Bryan, former US Secretary of State, likens Germany to a “drunken chauffeur,” but urges the U.S. to avoid war.
Brazil: Brazil, responding to Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare, proposes a defensive union for all American nations.

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