On This Day - 26 November 1916
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Eastern Front
Mackensen reaches Alexandria and is in touch with Falkenhayn.
Southern Front
French and Serbs capture Hill 1,050 (7 miles north-east of Monastir).
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
East Sinai railway reaches Mazar.
Naval and Overseas Operations
German naval raid near Lowestoft; armed trawler "Narval" sunk.
Germans surrender at Ilembule (Lower Nyassa); French battleship "Suffren" sunk by submarine.
