Nov. 18—Port of Hamburg deserted, but shipyards are busy.
Nov. 21—Blast furnaces used as crematory at Charleroi; Government has granted permission for six officers of the American Army to follow forces as military observers; Ambassador Bernstorff files with United States State Department complaint that French have violated Red Cross Convention of 1906.
Nov. 23—Gen. von Eberhardt removed after defeat in the Vosges.
Nov. 24—Chile charges that German warships have violated her neutrality; there is a scarcity of copper; order for locomotives to be dismantled to get materials for making ammunition.
Nov. 25—Fortifications north of Kiel Canal are being strengthened for fear of invasion; Bavarians are reported by the French to be deserting.
Nov. 29—Indemnity of $37,500 paid to Luxemburg.
Nov. 30—Alsatians are deserting from the army.
Dec. 3—Burgomaster Max of Brussels complains of treatment received from Germans.
Dec. 4—Troops are suffering from typhoid; household utensils of copper are commandeered because of scarcity of the metal; British prisoner of war sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for attack on custodians.
Dec. 6—Second ban of Landsturm told to be ready for service on Dec. 20.