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Dutch troops on their way to guard the frontierOn This Day - 10 December 1916
Updated - Sunday, 28 July, 2002

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)

Eastern Front

Stubborn fighting in Carpathians, south Bukovina and Trotus Valley.

Fighting north of Ploeshti.

Southern Front

Bulgars capture bridgehead opposite Cerna-Voda.

Fighting north of Monastir.

Naval and Overseas Operations

German merchant submarine "Deutschland" returns to mouth of Weser.

Political, etc.

Allied Note to Greece demands demobilisation.

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