7th November 1917
Western Front
British consolidate new positions at Passchendaele; no German counter-attacks.
Germans attack French at Chaume Wood (Verdun).
Southern Front
Italians in retreat west from Tagliamento reach River Livenza. Germans claim many thousand prisoners.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres
Capture of Gaza by General Allenby; the troops push on and reach the Wadi Hesi, eight miles north of Gaza. British and French warships co-operate off coast.
Political, etc.
Notes of agreement between U.S.A. and Japan, concerning their interests in China, published.
Maximalist ("Bolshevik") revolution spreading in Petrograd.
Women win the right to vote in New York State and City in yesterday's election.
Ship Losses:
Obj (Norway) The cargo ship was sunk in the Barents Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) north east of Vardø, Finnmark by SM U-46 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 24 crew.
Padus (Regia Marina) The Padus-class monitor ran aground and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Caorle, Venice.
Suntrap (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire by SM UB-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Villemer (United States) The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by SM UC-38 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two of her crew.
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