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5 December 1917

Western Front
British airmen raid Zweibrucken and Saarbrucken.

Eastern Front
Negotiations at Brest-Litovsk re: Russian Armistice; preliminary suspension of hostilities signed.

Southern Front
First Battle of the Piave
(until December 30): Conrad drives towards Foza, but delayed by Bersaglieri and Alpini troops rearguard.
Austro-Hungarian progress at Asiago, storm M. Zomo and Castelgomberto and attack Melette, claiming 11,000 prisoners.
Field marshal Conrad von Hoetzendorf inspecting troops on the Trentino Front: https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...Tirol.jpg?ssl=1

Naval and Overseas Operations
A claim that the S.S. Apapa (Elder-Dempster) is torpedoed, with a loss of 79 lives. One of the most egregious of British propaganda fabrications; the SS Apapa wasn’t even built until 1927.
Mozambique: Lettow sends Captain Kohl’s 5 coys with the gun east from Nanguari to Mwalia-Medo district, keeping in touch by relay.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine
: First British trains reach Ramleh. Mott’s Detachment occupies Hebron, 17 miles south of Jerusalem.
British take Sakaltutan Pass (on Deli Abbas-Kifri road) and 230 prisoners.

Political, etc
Germany
: U-boat office opens in Berlin.
Portugal: Major Paes with 1,500 men overthrow Democratic Government until December 8 after 1,350 casualties. Paes Prime Minister, War and Foreign Minister on December 11 and Provisional President of New Republic on December 28.
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