Western Front
Battle of the Somme: German counter-attack at Saillisel (slight gains), but French capture whole village (November 11-12).
Royal Engineers bridging the Ancre River at Aveluy, France:
http://imgur.com/aIxGSB0* © IWM (Q 5843)
Eastern Front
Romania: Germans advance south of Roter Turm Pass; capture Sardoui (16 miles south).
Naval and Overseas Operations
US
SS Columbian sunk by U-boat near Cape Finisterre (northwest Spain).
East Africa: Wahle attacks British Malangali post (until November 12) which is relieved by Murray’s 400 British soldiers.
Political, etc.
United States: (Top six listed for yesterday): Radio 2XG becomes the 1st to broadcast live returns of the U.S. presidential election through spoken word instead of Morse code.
Woodrow Wilson wins reelection with 277 electoral votes against Republican Charles E. Hughes with 254:
http://imgur.com/I3I853i
However, due to the close race & slow counting in some states, the winner of the 1916 Presidential Race is not known for another 48 hours.
In the Senate, Democrats now have 54 Senate seats & the Republicans have 42.
In the House, Republicans have 216 seats, Democrats 214, Progressive 3, Socialist 1, and Prohibition 1.
Jeannette Rankin becomes the 1st woman in the US to hold federal office after being elected to the US House:
http://imgur.com/WrSEeJo
In Boston, a trolley crashes through an open drawbridge, resulting in 46 people drowning to death:
http://imgur.com/xm6x05S
Belgium: Heavy deportations of Belgians by Germans under decree of 3 October 1916.