Dec. 5 (Wed.) Cambrai Front:--The British evacuate Bourlon Wood. Italy:--The Austro-Germans make progress on the Asiago Front: Monte Zomo and Monte Castelgomberto are carried. Dec. 6 (Thur.) An insurrection breaks out in Lisbon against the Government in power (see Dec. 11). Roumania agrees to an armistice. Cambrai Front:--Strong enemy attacks south of Bourlon Wood are repulsed by the British. Italy:--The Austro-Germans capture Monte Sisemol. Palestine:--The British occupy Hebron. A German aeroplane raid on London in the early morning (7 killed); two raiders are destroyed. Dec. 7 (Fri.) The United States Government declares war on Austria. The end of the Battle of Cambrai (see Nov. 20), the British gains having been largely abandoned. Dec. 8 (Sat.) Ecuador breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany. The Russian peoples on the Don and in the Urals revolt against the Bolshevists. Palestine:--The British advance isolates Jerusalem. Dec. 9 (Sun.) Palestine:--Fall of Jerusalem to General Allenby (see Dec. 11). The Italians torpedo two Austrian battleships in the port of Trieste, sinking one of them (the _Wien_). Dec. 10 (Mon.) Panama declares war on Austria. Dec. 11 (Tues.) The Russian Constituent Assembly meets in Petrograd. The Revolutionary party establishes itself in Lisbon, and forms a Government which declares its solidarity with the Allies (see Dec. 6). Palestine:--General Allenby formally enters Jerusalem accompanied by the military attachés of France, Italy, and the United States. A German submarine bombards Funchal, Madeira. A British air-raid on Germany between Metz and the Rhine. Dec. 12 (Wed.) The Germans attack, and gain some ground near Bullecourt. Palestine:--General Allenby advances north and north-west of Jerusalem. A raid by German destroyers in the North Sea: they attack six merchantmen (five Neutral and one British) escorted by two British destroyers (the _Partridge_ and the _Pellew_) and four armed trawlers; the merchantmen and the escort are all sunk with the exception of the destroyer _Pellew_, which is disabled. Dec. 13 (Thur.) The Russian Constituent Assembly is forcibly dispersed by the Bolshevists. H.M.S. _Stephen Furness_ (armed boarding-steamer) is sunk by a submarine in the Irish Sea. Dec. 14 (Fri.) The French cruiser _Châteaurenault_ is sunk by a submarine (10 lives lost). Dec. 15 (Sat.) An armistice for one month from Dec. 17 is signed at Brest-Litovsk by representatives of the German Government and of the Russian Bolshevist Government. General Guillaumet succeeds General Sarrail in command of the Allied forces at Salonika. Dec. 16 (Sun.) H.M.S. _Arbutus_ (sloop--employed as Special Service ship) is sunk by a submarine off the Bristol Channel. Dec. 18 (Tues.) Italy:--The Austro-Germans attack from Col Caprile to Monte Pertica; they capture Monte Asolone with 2000 prisoners.