Western Front
View of the devastated Somme battlefield after rain:
http://imgur.com/2bfhZ6r* © IWM (Q 2795)
The ruins of the village of Souchez, France:
http://imgur.com/gxMddhn* © IWM (Q 70424)
A queue of prisoners outside a prisoner of war camp, by Nico Jungman:
http://imgur.com/cHSocp7* © IWM (Art.IWM ART 526)
Eastern Front
Romania: Battle of the Arges ends (see 1st). Mackensen's demand for surrender of Bucharest refused; Austro-Germans advancing on Ploesti (oilfields);
Colonel Norton-Griffiths, Military Police, sabotages Ploesti oilfields (827,000t petrol lost) as Falkenhayn’s Group Morgen approaches and occupies on December 6.
Romanians abandon Predeal Pass; their Orsova rearguard gives battle on the Aluta.
Carpathians: Austro-Hungarian counter-attacks.
Southern Front
Greece: Much unrest at Athens, but comparative order.* Reservists concerned in attack dismissed.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Arabia: Turks retake Qunfideh on coast south of Mecca and drive Feisal back to Yanbo where Lawrence soon arrives.
Naval and Overseas Operations
East Africa: Portugese invested at Newala, Marumba and Majembi but escape over river Rovuma to Nangedi which Germans occupy between December 8-20.
Political, etc.
Germany: Hindenburg Auxiliary Service law, all males from 17-60 years liable.
United Kingdom: King asks Bonar Law to form government but Asquith twice refuses to serve under him so Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister.
Barnbow National Shell Filling factory (near Leeds) explosion kills 35 munitionettes.
Belgium: Allies associate themselves with Belgian protest against German “slave raids” in Belgium.