A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

German and Bolshevist plenipotentiaries meet at Brest-Litovsk to negotiate an armistice.

Dec. 3 (Mon.)

The Russian General Staff surrenders to Bolshevist troops; General Dukhonin, the former Commander-in-Chief, is murdered.

Mesopotamia:—The Turks are driven out of the hills north of Deli Abbas; they retreat towards the Jebel Hamrin range.

Dec. 4 (Tues.)

Italy:—The Austro-Germans attack in the Asiago region and win Italian hill positions.

Dec. 5 (Wed.)

Cambrai Front:—The British evacuate Bourlon Wood.

Italy:—The Austro-Germans make progress on the Asiago Front: Monte Zomo and Monte Castelgomberto are carried.