In Berlin… The Reich foreign ministry repeats earlier assurances that the neutrality of Holland and Belgium will be respected.

On the Western Front… There is limited activity by German patrols and artillery. The BEF holds Armistice Day services amid the great battlefields of the First World War.

In Britain… Queen Elizabeth broadcasts a message to the women of the Empire, from Buckingham Palace. She says women “have real and vital work to do” and assures women that they are “keeping the Home Front, which will have dangers of its own, stable and strong.”