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Old 12-10-2016, 12:49 PM
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10 December 1916

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.
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