A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

The British take over more trench-line on the Western Front.

Roumania:—The Germans capture Rimnic-Sarat.

Dec. 27 (Wed.)

The French battleship Gaulois is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean.

Dec. 28 (Thur.)

Roumania:—Further German successes at Rimnic-Sarat: 10,000 prisoners are taken.

Dec. 29 (Fri.)

Rasputin, the notorious Russian monk, is assassinated.

Dec. 30 (Sat.)