World War One Diary for Sunday, January 14, 1917:

Sea War

Channel: Q-ship Penshurst makes her second kill, coastal submarine UB-37.

North Sea: Beatty concen­trates Grand Fleet for wide sweep and exercises especially in night shooting.

Eastern Front

Russian Army now 6,900,000 men strong.

Rumania: Falkenhayn repulsed northeast of Focsani (January 13-14), but takes Nanesti on January 19 and Fundeni on January 20.

Occupied countries

Poland: ­Provisional Council of State first meets; Prince Niemoyovski appointed Regent by Kaiser Wilhelm II.