[Jimbuna]

3rd November 1917

Western Front

Skirmishing activity round Ypres.

French push forward in region of Corbeny and reach south bank of Ailette river.

Eastern Front

German and Russian soldiers fraternise on northern front.

Southern Front

German pressure on Tagliamento increases.

French troops arrive.

West of L. Garda Germans make strong attacks on Italian advanced posts.

Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres

Operations against Gaza continued.

Naval and Overseas Operations

In East Africa British and Belgian forces make good progress; drive German detachments eastward.

German submarine SM UC-65, credited with sinking 105 ships during its career, is sunk by British submarine HMS C15.

Ship Losses:

HMT Deliverer (Royal Navy) The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea off the Bailey Lighthouse, Howth, County Dublin with the loss of all hands.
Essichia (Greece) The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Crete (35°53′N 27°25′E) by SM UC-37 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
Nefeli (Greece) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Crete (34°57′N 22°16′E) by SM UC-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
SM UC-65 (Kaiserliche Marine) The Type UC II submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (50°31′N 0°27′E) by HMS C15 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of all 26 crew.