Dec. 13 (Thur.)
The Russian Constituent Assembly is forcibly dispersed by the Bolshevists.
H.M.S. Stephen Furness (armed boarding-steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the Irish Sea.
Dec. 14 (Fri.)
The French cruiser Châteaurenault is sunk by a submarine (10 lives lost).
Dec. 15 (Sat.)
An armistice for one month from Dec. 17 is signed at Brest-Litovsk by representatives of the German Government and of the Russian Bolshevist Government.
General Guillaumet succeeds General Sarrail in command of the Allied forces at Salonika.
Dec. 16 (Sun.)
H.M.S. Arbutus (sloop—employed as Special Service ship) is sunk by a submarine off the Bristol Channel.