[Jimbuna]

28th November 1917

Western Front

Enemy shell Bourlon Wood and Ypres front.

Southern Front

Italian batteries shell enemy boats on Lower Piave.

In Albania Austrians assault Italian positions nine miles north-east from Avlona.

Naval and Overseas Operations

Russian t.b.d. mined in the Baltic.

Political, etc.

Estonia declares itself independent.

Bashkirs in Russia proclaim the creation of Bashkurdistan, the first autonomous ethnic region in Russia.

Ship Losses:

Agenoria (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Irish Sea south south east of the Copeland Islands, County Down by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member. She was beached in the Belfast Lough but was later refloated.
Albert Watts (United States) The tanker struck a mine laid by UC 35 (Hans Paul Korsch) and was damaged in the Gulf of Genoa with the loss of a crew member. She reached port at Genoa, Italy but was declared a total loss.
Apapa (United Kingdom) The Elder Dempster 7,832 grt defensively armed passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north by east of Point Lynas, Anglesey (53°26′N 4°18′W) by SM U-96 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 77 lives.
Georgios Antippa (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south by east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by a Kaiserliche Marine submarine.
Jane Radcliffe (United Kingdom) The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south west of Antimilos, Greece by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Jeanne Conseil (France) The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 28 nautical miles (52 km) south west of Pointe de Poulains, Belle Île, Morbihan by SM UB-59 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.
Perm (Denmark) The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Prawle Point, Devon, United Kingdom (50°11′N 3°41′W) by SM U-57 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of two crew.