Eastern Front
Romania: Falkenhayn‘s Cavalry Corps (Schmettow) occupies Craiova (capital of Western Wallachia), road to Bucharest open. General Janin at STAVKA finally gets Alexeiev to send 2 Russian divisions to aid Rumanians.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Aegean – Largest ship victim of war: British hospital ship (but without wounded aboard) 48,158t White Star liner
Britannic (78 casualties and 1035 survivors ), sister ship of the Titantic, sunk in Zea Channel by
U-73 mine
http://imgur.com/gUxEFdS; hospital ship
Braemar Castle mined on November 22.
Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: EMPEROR JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA peacefully died, aged 86, having told Prime Minister ‘if that is the case [domestic discontent] we must make peace without taking any ally into consideration at all’. Great nephew
Archduke Charles succeeds, aged 29 (born 17 August 1887).
Germany: Artur Zimmermann becomes Foreign Minister and replacing Jagow.
United Kingdom: Rows of shells at the National Shell Filling Factory at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire:
http://imgur.com/ozt3fj4
Robert P Houston, Member of Parliament, offers £2000 for any merchant ship that sinks a German submarine.
Italy: Pope Benedict XV celebrates his 62nd birthday and receives messages of congratulation from all around the world.
Japan: Viscount Motono becomes Foreign Minister.
Greece: Statement in British press by Venizelos re: Greek National Defence Movement.