Hindenburg (in light coat) with his staff on the Eastern front. On his left, his chief of staff Ludendorff, right outside his deputy Hoffmann, the real architect of the victory in the Battle of Tannenberg.
Eastern Front
Hindenburg promoted to field marshal. Litvinov replaces Rennenkampf in command of Russian First Army due to Lodz fiasco.
Western Front
Champagne: Germans bombard Reims Cathedral.
Southern Fronts
Serbia: Serbs retake Covka.
Middle East
Mesopotamia: 17th Brigade completes 6th Indian Division.
African Fronts
Tripolitania: Fezzan-Revolt forces 191 Italians with 2 guns from Sebha to Brach where 2 companies joined on December 8.
Air War
Egypt: RFC (5 Farmans, 3 arrived at Alexandria on November 17) flies first reconnaissance mission over Suez Canal. 7 French Nieuport seaplanes assist from ships in the Suez Canal.
Politics
USA: President Wilson condemns bombardment of unfortified towns.
Home Fronts
Britain: Army and Admiralty able to take over private arms factories.
