16th December 1918
Eastern Front
Announced that British squadron in Gulf of Finland had bombarded Bolshevik position at Wesenberg (Estonia), but that the Bolsheviks continue to advance near Pskov.
Bolshevik reverse north of Ekaterinburg (Urals).
Southern Front
Marshal Mackensen and his force surrender to the Hungarians near Budapest.
Political, etc.
Imperial Conference of Workers' and Soldiers' Council opens at Berlin.
Ship Losses:
Nils (Norway) The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at New York, United States and was beached.
Tacoma (United States) Out of service and anchored with no one on board in the harbor at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 11-ton, 35.7-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel broke loose from her anchorage during a gale and drifted onto a reef in the harbor, where waves battered her to pieces.
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