Western Front
Battle of Cambrai: Severe village fighting at Fontaine, Notre Dame, and Bourlon; British line advanced at first, and 500 prisoners taken; German “attack” west of Moeuvres repulsed. Exhausted British disengage at Cambrai after Guards Division (with 32 tanks) driven back in Bourlon and Fontaine sectors. Ludendorff and Rupprecht confer at Le Cateau as 20 fresh German divisions mass under Marwitz near Cambrai: ‘
There never has been such an opportunity for a smashing counterstrike’, says Ludendorff who insists all must be ready before November 30 as Cambrai is a vital rail center.
At Cambrai, a British tank by artillery and destroyed:
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Members of Supreme War Council appointed - General Sir H. H. Wilson, General F. Foch, General Cadorna and General Bliss (see 7th).
Canadian soldier at the Western Front washing his hair with shampoo in a ditch:
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Eastern Front
First meeting of Russian and German delegates behind German lines to arrange for armistice (see 21st and 30th).
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: Unconditional surrender near Nevala (East Africa) of Mahenge force, under Colonel Tafel, consisting of over 3,500 German and native troops (according to another source, only 215 Germans and 1,100 followers).
Baltic: Russian destroyer
Bditelni mined and sunk off Aaland Islands by
UC-78 minefield.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: 15,800 Turks with c.120 guns gain ground from Yeomanry and 54th Divisions until reserves stabilize line on November 30.
Political, etc
Russia: Armistice delegates return with German consent in principle. Next meeting December 1, 1917.
Trotsky warns Russia may be driven to separate armistice if Allies do not negotiate. George Buchanan to British Foreign Office ‘
Every day that we keep Russia in the war against her will does but embitter her people against us.’
France: British Premier Lloyd George and Greek Premier Eleftherios Venizelos arrive in Paris for a inter-Allied War Council.
United Kingdom: War Office sanctions doubled Tank Corps establishment of 18,462 (originally requested April 13, 1917).
Brazil: Brazil concludes agreement with France for the use of 30 interned German ships, to carry food for the Allies.