- French troops continue to force back German lines at Verdun. They take Bezonvaux and Hardaumont and capture 11,000 prisoners and much war machinery.
- Austro-German troops capture Russian positions on the Eastern Front between Kovel and Lutsk and continue their advance in Romania
- Allied forces supervise the military evacuation of northern Greece
- British troops continue to bombard enemy positions near Kut-al Amara in Mesopotamia
- The Nigeria Regiment under the command of Colonel Frederick Hugh Gordon Cunliffe, reaches Dar-es-Salaam
General Cunliffe inspects a 3rd Battalion Nigeria Regiment Guard of Honour, Calabar, November 1916. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 15594).
