21st November 1917
Western Front
British success continued; villages taken; British troops at Fontaine Notre Dame within 2.5 miles of Cambrai; more guns and prisoners captured.
French carry a salient on Craonne Plateau, south of Juvincourt.
Eastern Front
Bolsheviks dismiss General Dukhonin (Commander-in-Chief) for refusing to negotiate an armistice with enemy; Ensign Krilenko Commander-in-Chief.
Southern Front
Strong enemy attacks in mountains between the Brenta and Piave are everywhere repulsed by Italians, except at Mt. Fontana Secca.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
General Allenby's troops storm the Nebi Samwil ridge, five miles north of Jerusalem; fruitless counter-attacks by Turks.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Considerable captures of Germans in East Africa by British columns, at Simba and Nevala.
Political, etc.
House of Commons votes 209 to 171 to disenfranchise conscientious objectors to war.
Ukrainian Republic proclaimed and declared member of Russian Federal Republic.
Ship Losses:
Aros Castle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) west by south of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM U-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
Bilbster (United Kingdom) The collier was lost in the Atlantic Ocean on this date.
Maine (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Dartmouth, Devon by SM UC-17 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Maine (France) The ship was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom by SM UB-56 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Mossoul (France) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea (37°04′N 11°30′E) by SM U-63 ( Kaiserliche Marine) and was abandoned. She came ashore on Pantelleria but was a constructive total loss.
Schuylkill (United States) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Cape Ténès, Algeria(36°42′N 1°40′E) by SM U-39 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sobral (Norway) The cargo ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean south east of the Azores, Portugal by SM U-151 ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was scuttled the next day (36°10′N 20°40′W).
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