1. First meeting of the Allies' supreme war council at Versailles.
2. Surprise counter-attack by Germans near Cambrai forces British to give up a fourth of the ground gained by General Byng's advance of Nov. 20-22. Berlin claims the capture of 6000 British.
3. Bolshevik emissaries begin negotiations for an armistice with the Germans at Brest-Litovsk.
5. The British evacuate Bourlon Wood and other positions west of Cambrai.
6. Explosion of munitions vessel wrecks Halifax.
The Austro-Germans take Monte Sisemol on the Asiago plateau, capturing 4000 prisoners.
7. The United States declares a state of war exists with Austria-Hungary.
10. British forces under General Allenby occupy Jerusalem.
11. Powerful Austrian attacks against the Italians between the Brenta and the Piave are repulsed.
14. Allied naval council formed.
23. Austro-German forces on the Asiago plateau storm Col del Rosso and Monte Valbella, cutting off 6000 Italians from the main army.
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.”
– 1 Corinthians 6:19