THE GREAT WAR – November 1916

Verdun

2^nd Nov                                    French take Fort Vaux

————————————————————–

The Somme

13^th Nov                                  British attack Beaumont Hamel

19^th Nov                                  Battle of the Somme and Ancre Heights ends

————————————————————–

Eastern Front

5^th Nov                                    Central Powers proclaim new Kingdom of Poland

————————————————————-

The Balkans

1^st Nov                                    Ecaterina  Teodoroiu requests joining Romanian army

3^rd /4^th Nov                             Ecaterina Teodoroiu captured but escapes

6^th Nov                                   Ecaterina Teodoroiu wounded

1^st Nov                                  Germans launch attack against Targu Jiu

Mid-Nov                                Germany captured Targu Jiu

21^st Nov                                Germans occupy Craiova

27^th Nov                                  Germans began advance to Bucharest

19^th Nov                                 Bulgaria/Germany abandoned Monastir to the Allies

21^st Nov                                  Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph died

16^th Nov                                  Flora Sandes wounded during assault of Monistar

30^th Nov                                 Flora Sandes awarded Kara George Star

————————————————————-

 

 

 

 

Other Fronts

1^st to 4^th Nov                         Ninth Battle of Isonzo

7^th Nov                                    America President Wilson re-elected

28^th Nov                                 First aeroplane raid on London

Nov                                        Jellicoe appointed First Sea Lord

Nov                                          Churchill arrives in France

—————————————————————-