24th November 1917
Western Front
Fierce fighting at Bourlon Wood and village; both change hands frequently.
British gains neat Moeuvres, Queant, Bullecourt, and Banteux.
Successful French attack on Verdun front.
Southern Front
Austrian assaults fail on Asiago Plateau; also attempts to cross Lower Piave.
General Sir Herbert Plumer appointed to command British forces in Italy.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Lt.-Gen. Sir W. R. Marshall succeeds Sir S. Maude in Mesopotamia.
Political, etc.
Bells of London, including the ones in St Paul’s Cathedral, ring for the first time since the war began in commemoration of the recent British advances.
Trotsky begins publication of Russian secret treaties with other Powers.
Ship Losses:
Actaeon (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by SM U-84 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of four of her crew.
Dunrobin (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 49 nautical miles (91 km) south west by south of The Lizard, Cornwall by SM U-53 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 31 crew.
Enna (Italy) The cargo ship was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Acciaroli, Campania by SM U-65 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
French Rose (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a mine laid by UC 11 (Ferdinand Schwartz) and sank in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south by west of the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.
Nyassa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east south east of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°56′N 5°08′W) by SM UB-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Pomone (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain by SM UC-79 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Sabia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south south east of The Lizard (49°53′N 5°06′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of eleven of her crew.
SM U-48 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type U 43 submarine ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was attacked by HMS Gipsy ( Royal Navy) and was scuttled with the loss of nineteen of her 36 crew.
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