On This Day - 7 November 1917
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
British consolidate new positions at Passchendaele; no German counter-attacks.
Germans attack French at Chaume Wood (Verdun).
Southern Front
Italians in retreat west from Tagliamento reach River Livenza. Germans claim many thousand prisoners.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Capture of Gaza by General Allenby; the troops push on and reach the Wadi Hesi, eight miles north of Gaza. British and French warships co-operate off coast.
Political, etc.
Notes of agreement between U.S.A. and Japan, concerning their interests in China, published.
Maximalist ("Bolshevik") revolution spreading in Petrograd.
