British and French forces retreated over the Greek border, ending the Battle of Kosturino. The Allied defeat allowed the Central Powers to establish rail connections to Constantinople.
The Cheyenne State Leader reported other border crossings.
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Field Marshall John French was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces in Great Britain.
An Allied column in the Sahara survived a Senussi attack which was repulsed by superior firepower and Australian mounted reinforcements.
The Bulgarian army captured Bogdanci.
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Leyendecker's cover was a Christmas theme. There would not be another peacetime Christmas in the US until 1918.
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In Flanders Fields was published anonymously in Punch.
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae of the Canadian Army, whom a great aunt of mine served with, wrote In Flanders Fields.
The Bulgarians broke through Anglo French lines at Kosturino.
British troops burned an African village that had been supplying the Germans at the Siege of Mora.
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The Second Bulgarian Army began an assault on British and French defenses at Kosturino.
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