Eastern Front
Romania: Stubborn fighting in Carpathians, south Bukovina and Trotus Valley.
Fighting north of Ploesti.
Southern Front
Italy: Heavy snows hit the frontlines of Italy and Austria-Hungary in the Alps, as heavy artillery exchanges continue.
Serbia: Russo-Serb attacks against Hill 1050 fail (until December 11) against German Guard-Schützen Battalion.
Bulgarian forces cross the Danube from the Dobruja, in an effort to cut off the retreating Romanian army’s retreat.
Naval and Overseas Operations
North Sea: Merchant U-boat
Deutschland returns to river Weser.
East Africa: British soldiers heading towards the wreck of the German cruiser
SMS Königsberg in German East Africa:
http://imgur.com/haPViHQ
Political, etc.
France: French government bans paper imports to help raise the exchange and to encourage the French paper industry.
United Kingdom: Members of Britain’s new War Cabinet are announced: Lloyd George, Earl Curzon, Andrew Bonar Law, Arthur Henderson, & Lord Milner.
British govt agrees to send railroad freight cars to France, as 20,000 freight cars are used to supply the British Expeditionary Force.
Japan: Field Marshal Prince Ōyama Iwao, one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army, passed away:
http://imgur.com/Lp9bpQh
United States: Kirk Douglas (the future actor, producer, director & author), is born to an impoverished Jewish immigrant family in Amsterdam, NY. (Listed for yesterday)
Greece: Allies demand Greek demobilization and intercept King’s radio messages to Berlin.
Albania: The Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë is established by French forces in the occupied city of Korçë, Albania.