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Old 12-24-2016, 04:23 PM
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24 December 1916

Western Front
Battery of 9.2 inch howitzers in action on the Western Front: http://imgur.com/dVqxAS8* © IWM (Q 3881)
British troops purchasing geese for their Christmas dinner at Bailleul, France: http://imgur.com/53mw2wU* © IWM (Q 1629)

Eastern Front
Romania: Battle of Rimnicu Sarat:
German and Bulgarian armies reach the south fork of the Danube River, threatening the town of Tulcea, Romania.
Dobruja: Bulgars attack Sakharov Macin bridgehead east of Braila, fails again on December 31.

Southern Front
Lively British raids on Doiran front.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia:
British cavalry blow up Arab Fort Gusab 18 miles southeast of Kut. First British aircraft over Baghdad since November 1915, Hereward de Havilland‘s B.E. 2c.

Political, etc.
France:
General Hubert Lyautey is officially named the new French Minister of War: http://imgur.com/CX5cIAO
United States: “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” film directed by Stuart Paton, is released: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...%281916%29.webm
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