[Sailor Steve]

December 1, 1917:



Western Front

South-west Cambrai: Gonnelieu recovered, but British withdraw from Masnieres salient.

Enemy attack heavily at Bourlon Wood and claims 4,000 prisoners and 60 guns.

Verdun: Violent German attack north of Fosses Wood.



Eastern Front

M. Lenin demands surrender of General Dukhonin, Commander-in-Chief.

Russian General Staff surrenders at Mohilev.

Partial cessation of hostilities.



Naval and Overseas Operations

German East Africa clear of enemy; von Lettow-Vorbeck retires across Rovuma river (Portuguese boundary).



Political, etc.

Inter-Allied Council at Versailles inaugurated.

Canadian Victory Loan; Over �70 million subscribed.



Ship Losses:

Antonios Stathatos (Greece): The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off the Île du Pilier, Vendée, France (47°05′N 2°36′W) by SM U-84.

Citta di Sassari (Italy): The passenger ship was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Cape Mele, Liguria (44°08′N 8°14′E) by SM U-65. Her crew survived.

Euphorbia (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) east by south of the Royal Sovereign Lightship by SM UC-75 with the loss of fourteen of her crew.

Phoebus (French Navy): The naval yacht struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Cepet, Var (43°10′N 5°20′E).

Rion (United Kingdom): The fishing smack was scuttled in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of Start Point, Devon by SM UB-35. Her crew survived.

Rydal Hall (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) east by south of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) by SM UC-75 with the loss of 23 of her crew.

Vind (Sweden): The cargo steamer was last heard from departing Lerwick bound for Gothenburg. Nineteen casualties.

USS Washington (United States Navy): The coal barge ran aground in the Ambrose Channel and was wrecked.