Dec. 22 (Sat.)
Peace negotiations are opened at Brest-Litovsk between the German Government and the Russian Bolshevist Government; Herr von Kühlmann presides.
A German aeroplane raid on the Kentish coast; one machine is forced to land and its crew is captured.
Dec. 23 (Sun.)
Italy:—The Austro-Germans capture Val Bella and the Col del Rosso in the Frenzela Valley; they claim 9000 prisoners.
Three British destroyers, the Surprise, Tornado, and Torrent, are sunk by mines off the Dutch coast with considerable loss of life.
Dec. 24 (Mon.)
A British air-raid on Mannheim.
Dec. 26 (Wed.)