A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War

by R. P. P. Rowe

Dec. 6 (Thur.)

An insurrection breaks out in Lisbon against the Government in power (see Dec. 11).

Roumania agrees to an armistice.

Cambrai Front:—Strong enemy attacks south of Bourlon Wood are repulsed by the British.

Italy:—The Austro-Germans capture Monte Sisemol.

Palestine:—The British occupy Hebron.

A German aeroplane raid on London in the early morning (7 killed); two raiders are destroyed.

Dec. 7 (Fri.)

The United States Government declares war on Austria.

The end of the Battle of Cambrai (see Nov. 20), the British gains having been largely abandoned.