Western Front
Local German attacks south of St. Quentin and near Ypres-Staden railway.
Heavy snows continue to hamper any major infantry operations on the Western front.
British anti-aircraft gun in action on the Western Front: © IWM (Q 8363):
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British Captain with his pet dog: © IWM (Q 8345):
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Eastern Front
Ukraine: Red Guards capture Lozoyova and Pavlograd on Kharkov-Crimea railway, occupy Kharkov on December 31.
Southern Front
Local German attacks south of St. Quentin and near Ypres-Staden railway.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
British troops advance another 13 miles near Jerusalem, adding on to their gains from yesterday.
Political, etc
Russia: German Naval Mission under Admiral Graf von Kaiserling arrives at Petrograd.
Old Russian Army ranks abolished; decision in principle to organize new Red Army.
France: French Chamber of Deputies adopts a resolution prohibiting the manufacture of gin.
United Kingdom: National Labour Convention demands general rationing. Churchill letter ‘
I am strongly pressing that the cavalry should be put by regiments into the Tanks’.
Charles Masterman of War Propaganda Bureau ‘
As a result of the double propaganda, 19 countries have declared war against Germany and 10 have broken off relationships with her’.
United States: Efforts of U.S. Shipping Board bent on steel ships.
Disgraced women and slain children behind them, medals for murder and destruction on the breat and the chunky boots set on a US flag – that’s how the propaganda sees the ‘bestial Germans’:
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US Generals slam the War Department for the shortage of arms, as soldiers are training without guns.
Cold weather and a coal shortages cause two riots in break out in New York City.
Finland: Finnish Republic asks for recognition.
Netherlands: First batch of British prisoners arrives in Holland for internment.