On This Day - 15 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
Enemy attacks north of Menin road and north-east of Passchendaele repulsed.
Southern Front
Italians give ground both sides of the Brenta; enemy capture Cismon. On Lower Piave resistance maintained. Allied reinforcements arrive daily.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
General Allenby advances to within three miles of Jaffa.
Since 31 October over 9,000 prisoners taken.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Further actions on Makonde Plateau (East Africa).
Enemy driven from Chivata; make for Portuguese territory.
Political, etc.
M. Clemenceau accepts office and forms a new Minsstry. Himself Prime Minister and Minister of War, M. Pichon Foreign Minister.
Georgian Nobility declares its property national.
Flight of Kerenski. Bolsheviks in power in Petrograd. Bitter fighting in Moscow, over 4,000 killed.
