Western Front
Cambrai: German post carried east of Boursies.
Verdun: German attacks on Chaume Wood, etc., checked.
British seaplanes bomb aerodromes near Ghent, and Bruges Docks.
Eastern Front
Bolshevik railway detachments defeat General Kornilov at Tamarovka (north of Kharkov).
Austro-Hungarian officer greeting Russian delegates to negotiate the armistice:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...551508688965635
Southern Front
Salonika: Clemenceau recalls Sarrail who leaves on December 22.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Italian MAS torpedo boat of the type
Grillo (responsible for the overnight sinking of the Austrian coast ship
Wien) from the year 1917:
https://i0.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...l-MAS.jpg?ssl=1
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mayor of Jerusalem holding a white flag of truce delivers a letter of surrender of the city to the British forces:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...566602361634816
Political, etc
Russia: Vladimir Lenin drafts outline peace program for negotiations.
Belgium: Petain visits King Albert, ‘deplores the inefficiency of the British Command. The troops are excellent but they have been clumsily used. The Americans lack discipline and experience’.
Portugal: Dr. S. Cardosa da Paes (also spelled Pais) succeeds Dr. A. A. da Costa as Portuguese Prime Minister (see April 25th, 1917, and May 15th, 1918).
Minor Allies: Panama declares war on Austria-Hungary.