Home Fronts
Germany: ÂHindenburg given the first 1914 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. Raw Materials Office merger/closure agreement on nonÂessential industries to save transport.
Britain: New War Cabinet first meets.
Russia: Tsar at Tsarskoe Selo (until December 19).
Western Front
France: Terrier letter from Paris to Lyautey ‘The name that is in every mouth is … General Nivelle‘.