On This Day - 11 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
Heavy rain; enemy artillery active against new positions on Passchendaele ridge.
German repulsed at Hartmannsweilerkopf.
Southern Front
From Belluno Austrians advance down the Piave towards Feltre.
They renew attacks on Asiago Plateau without success.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Turks organise new line of defence covering Jerusalem and Hebron.
Naval and Overseas Operations
In East Africa two British columns meet at Ndonda, Germans flee to hills near Portuguese border.
Political, etc.
Reports from Petrograd of disorder spreading; Kerenski's forces reach Tsarskoe Selo.
