Western Front
Battle of Cambrai: String German counter-attacks at Bourlon; yhey regain parts of the village. British 40th Division loss now 4,000 men since November 23, only 12 tanks in action.
Verdun: French attack in Samogneux district, north of Verdun; they take 800 prisoners.
Eastern Front
In Russian centre (near Baranovichi) the troops continue to fraternise with the enemy.
At Orsha railway junction anti-Bolshevik troops going for Moscow are stopped.
After the ceasefire offer of the Russian revolutionary government, lively exchange trade begins between the trenches:
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Southern Front
First Battle of the Piave (until December 30): Heavy mountain fighting between the Brenta and Piave; more attacks repulsed by Italians.
German airship
L-59 returns to Yambol from flight to East Africa.
Fresh Austrian attacks in Albania; on night of 25th-26th they force passage of River Osum.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Mozambique: German operations in Portuguese East Africa, begin (see December 1st, 1917 and September 29th, 1918). German force under Colonel von Lettow-Vorbeck effects passage of the Rovuma and defeats Portuguese force at Ngomano. Crossing is 1 mile from Portuguese fort with 2,000 troops; 3,000 porters and 1 gun in action until November 26. His attack takes the fort, 700 Portuguese, 6 MGs, 30 horses with 6 days’ rations.
At the Battle of Ngomano in Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique), German forces under von Lettow-Vorbeck defeat the Portuguese:
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Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mounted troops capture Ain Karim, four miles west of Jerusalem.
British patrols, after crossing Auja river forced back by hostile infantry.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: 100,000 workers march in Budapest for peace and Russian Revolution.
Russia: Constituent Assembly elections (until November 27): Bolsheviks win only 25% of vote, ie 9.8 million of 36 million with 225 delegates to 420 Socialists (20.75 million votes). An oft-repeated claims that these are the last free elections till 1989. Much more important is this interpretation: Russian Constituent Assembly election, the first free election in Russian history, is held, with the Socialist-Revolutionary Party winning 40% of the votes. Bolsheviks win 24%.
United States: A church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is targeted with a bomb by anarchists. While the bomb was being inspected at the police department, it explodes, resulting in 11 deaths.