On This Day - 5 December 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 airmen raid Zweibrucken and Saarbrucken.
Eastern Front
Negotiations at Brest-Litovsk re: Russian Armistice; preliminary suspension of hostilities signed.
Southern Front
Enemy progress at Asiago, storm M. Zomo and Castelgomberto and attack Melette, claiming 11,000 prisoners.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
British take Sakaltutan Pass (on Deli Abbas-Kifri road) and 230 prisoners.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Successful British air-raids on Belgian coast.
S.S. "Apapa" (Elder-Dempster) torpedoed; 79 lost.
