On This Day - 26 December 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)
Western Front
General Joffre created a Marshal of France.
Eastern Front
Heavy shelling of Russian positions in Galicia.
Severe fighting along whole Romanian front.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Mesopotamia: Weather broken; operations much hindered.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Naval aeroplanes bomb Turkish camps at Galata (Dardanelles).
Naval air-raid on Zeebrugge.
Political, etc.
Germany's reply to President Wilson's Note of 20 December handed to U.S.A. at Berlin.
Austria-Hungary delivers similar reply.
