On This Day - 26 November 1918
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Western Front
Last German troops withdraw from Belgium.
French troops cross German frontier.
Eastern Front
Bolshevik troops take Pskov and Dvinsk and bombard Narva (Gulf of Finland).
Southern Front
American troops enter Fiume.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Entente squadrons arrive at Odessa and Sevastopol; surrender of German submarines and Russian ships in German hands.
Political, etc.
Bavaria threatens to break off relations with Berlin.
