Western Front
Germans occupy trenches east of Nieuport (Belgian Coast) after heavy bombardment. French restore position later.
British bomb aerodromes at Courtrai and Ghent.
Champagne: French trench raid east of Auberive.
Eastern Front
Brest-Litovsk: Negotiations between Russian Bolshevik Government and Central Powers once more suspended (see 8th, 22nd and 30th). M. Leon Trotsky declares policy of Central Powers to be "
a monstrous annexation".
Southern Front
Otto von Below’s German Fourteenth Army headquarter closes.
General Otto von Below of the German 14th Arnym who led the attack against the Italians during the successful Battle of Caporetto. He is now needed on the Western Front:
https://i2.wp.com/ww2-weapons.com/w...Below.jpg?ssl=1
Naval and Overseas Operations
Action between a British submarine and three German submarines reported from Canary Islands.
Britain: Royal Navy convoy sloops and 20 PC patrol boats (based at Pembroke) no longer to be used as Q-ships (had sailed regularly with convoys but as Q-ships since October 1917).
Political, etc
Russia: Rioting with much bloodshed in Moscow.
Congress of Soviets meets in Petrograd.
British form Allied Petrograd Trade Barter Co to stop supplies falling to Germans. Kerensky reaches Helsinki from Petrograd.
Ukraine: Ukrainian Central Rada proclaims the complete independence of the Ukrainian People’s Republic from Russia:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...524242891837441
France:
United Kingdom: Public Meals Order issued.
Average daily expenditure: 7.5 millions.
Appointment of Sir H. Lawrence to be Chief of the General Staff, France, vice Sir L. Kiggell; other H.Q. appointments announced.
New Army officers to be employed more in staff and higher ranks.
Labour Party Conference meets in Nottingham.
Signor Vittorio Orlando, Italian Prime Minister, arrives in London.
United States: A 5-day shutdown of U.S. industries, caused by coal shortages, ends today, but the nation still faces fuel supply problems.