Palestine:--General Allenby captures Gaza. Nov. 9 (Fri.) It is announced that the Allied War Conference at Rapallo has decided to create a Supreme Council to ensure unity of command. General Diaz succeeds General Cadorna as Italian Generalissimo. The Austro-Germans advance in the Trentino and capture Asiago. Palestine:--The Turks retreat on Hebron and Jerusalem with heavy loss in guns, prisoners, and other casualties. Nov. 10 (Sat.) The arrests of M. Kerenski and General Korniloff are ordered by the Petrograd Soviet; troops loyal to M. Kerenski occupy Tsarskoe Selo. Italy:--The Austro-Germans attack on the Upper Piave and capture Belluno. Nov. 11 (Sun.) Italy:--Austro-German attacks in the Trentino (designed to turn the line of the Piave) are defeated. The British monitor M 15 and the destroyer _Staunch_ are sunk by submarine off the coast of Palestine. Nov. 12 (Mon.) Mr. Lloyd George makes his 'Paris speech' declaring for an Allied War Council to ensure unity of command. The Italians evacuate Fonzano and a part of the Val Sugano. Nov. 13 (Tues.) M. Kerenski's forces are defeated by the Bolshevists at Tsarskoe Selo; flight of M. Kerenski. M. Painlevé's Government is defeated in the French Chamber (see Sept. 12). Italy:--The Austro-Germans force the passage of the Lower Piave at Zenson. Palestine:--General Allenby drives the Turks from strong positions north of Ascalon; the junction of the Beersheba-Damascus railway with the line from Jerusalem is occupied by the British. Nov. 14 (Wed.) Mr. Lloyd George announces to the House of Commons the terms of agreement between the Western Allies for a Supreme War Council. Italy:--Austro-German attacks on a twenty-mile front, designed to turn the line of the Piave from the north, are repulsed. Nov. 15 (Thur.) The Italians retreat in the Val Sugano and the Austro-Germans occupy Cismon. Palestine:--The British approach Jaffa (Joppa). East Africa:--British troops occupy Chivata. Nov. 16 (Fri.) A new French Ministry is formed with M. Clemenceau as Premier and War Minister. The Austro-Germans attack the line of the Piave on a twenty-mile front; they capture Monte Prasolan, the Italians retiring on Monte Grappa; the enemy cross the Lower Piave at two more points but are checked on the western bank. Nov. 17 (Sat.) Palestine:--The British enter Jaffa (Joppa). A cruiser action in the Heligoland Bight: the German naval forces retire damaged to the protection of Heligoland. Nov. 18 (Sun.) Italy:--The end of the Battle of Caporetto (see Oct. 24). Palestine:--The British approach Jerusalem. Death of General Sir Stanley Maude in Mesopotamia (see Aug. 28, 1916). H.M.S. _Candytuft_ (sloop--employed as Special Service ship) is sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Nov. 19 (Mon.) In the British House of Commons Mr. Lloyd George successfully defends his 'Paris speech' and the policy of a Supreme War Council. Nov. 20 (Tues.)