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Emperor Franz Joseph

Charles I

The front lines have Monastir have stabilized, a tactical victory for the Allied forces opposing the German advance.

On the morning of November 21, the hospital ship HMHS Britannic, sister ship to Titanic, suffered an explosion and sunk 55 minutes later. However, due to lessons learned a few years ago from Titanic, 1,035 survived, and only 30 died. Many of the casualties were caused by lifeboats drifting into the propellers as they rose out of the water.

That night, the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph died at age 86 of complications from pneumonia. His grand-nephew, Charles I, has succeeded him. Franz Joseph was also king of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, and the former president of the now-defunct German Confederation.

In Romania, German forces entered Craiova November 23, though a minor action at Robanesti delayed the advance. Elsewhere, German forces launched across the Danube in several places, catching the Romanians off-guard, and are advancing towards Bucharest.

In Britain, on November 25, John Jellicoe was promoted and is the new First Lord of the Seas. David Beatty replaces him as commander of the Grand Fleet.