The Serbians make progress towards Monastir: Chuke heights and the village of Polag are captured. German destroyers shell the Russian coast near Reval. British naval aeroplanes bombard the harbours and submarine shelters at Zeebrugge and Ostend. Nov. 11 (Sat.) The armed French transport _Magellan_ is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Nov. 12 (Sun.) The Somme Front:--The French capture Saillisel. A further German advance into Roumania. The Serbians gain ground towards Monastir: 16 guns and 1000 prisoners are captured. Nov. 13 (Mon.) The British attack astride the Ancre and capture St. Pierre Divion, Beaumont Hamel, and 3300 prisoners. The Germans continue to advance in Roumania. Nov. 14 (Tues.) The British capture Beaucourt (on the Ancre Front). The Allies advance in Macedonia: the Bulgarians fall back on the Bystritza, five miles south of Monastir. Nov. 15 (Wed.) The Germans advance rapidly in Roumania. British naval aeroplanes bombard the harbours and submarine shelters at Zeebrugge and Ostend. Nov. 17 (Fri.) The end of the Battle of the Somme (see July 1). British airmen raid Zeebrugge and Ostend. Nov. 18 (Sat.) A further British advance astride the Ancre. An important German victory in Roumania which breaks the Roumanian resistance. Macedonian Front:--Monastir is recaptured by the Allies (see Dec. 5, 1915). Nov. 21 (Tues.) Death of the Austrian Emperor, Francis Joseph. Roumania:--Craiova is captured by the Germans. The British hospital ship _Britannic_ is sunk by a mine or submarine in the Ægean Sea. Nov. 23 (Thur.) Orsova is recaptured by the Austro-Germans (see Sept. 7). Nov. 24 (Fri.) The Germans and Bulgarians under Mackensen cross the Danube at several points from the Dobrudja. The British hospital ship _Braemar Castle_ is torpedoed in the Mediterranean; the vessel is subsequently salved and repaired. Nov. 25 (Sat.) Roumania:--The armies of Falkenhayn and Mackensen effect a junction north of the Danube. The French battleship _Suffren_ is sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic. Nov. 26 (Sun.) The Allies demand of the Greek Government the surrender of ten mountain batteries. The Roumanians are in full retreat. A Serbian success north of Monastir: Hill 105 is captured. A German naval raid on Lowestoft. Nov. 27 (Mon.) The Roumanian retreat continues: the line of the Aluta is abandoned; Giurgevo, on the Danube, is captured by the enemy. A Zeppelin raid on England: two Zeppelins are destroyed. Nov. 28 (Tues.) A daylight raid on London by one German aeroplane. A British air-raid on the harbour at Zeebrugge. Nov. 29 (Wed.) The appointments of Sir John Jellicoe to the office of First Sea Lord (see May 28, 1915, and Dec. 26, 1917) and of Sir David Beatty to the command of the Grand Fleet are announced in Parliament. Dec. 1 (Fri.) Mr. Lloyd George makes proposals to Mr. Asquith for the reform of war administration in Great Britain.