October 4, 1918

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1918, abdication, American President, Armentieres, armistice, Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Battle of the Canal du Nord, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Bulgaria, Cambrai, Epinoy, Final Advance in Artois, France, German Imperial Chancellor, Germany, Grand Pre, Great Britain, Hundred Days Offensive, King Boris III, King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Lens, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, monarchy, peace, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Reims, Scarpe, Somme-Py, United States of America, Varennes, Verdun, Woodrow Wilson

British advance on a 20-mile front east of Armentières and Lens; and between Lens and Cambrai, north of the Scarpe and east of Epinoy. French and Americans advance between Reims and Verdun, French gaining high ground north and north-west of Somme-Py, and Americans advancing two miles on Varennes-Grand-Pré road. Prince Max of Baden appointed German Chancellor; German Note to President Wilson proposing an armistice. King Ferdinand abdicates in favour of his son, Prince Boris.

September 30, 1918

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1918, Aisne, Allies, armistice, Aure, Battle of the Canal du Nord, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Belgium, Blecourt, Bulgaria, Cambrai, Champagne, communications, Crevecour, Damascus, Fifth Battle of Ypres, Final Advance in Flanders, Flanders, France, General Berthelot, Georg von Hertling, Germany, Great Britain, Hundred Days Offensive, Jordan, Marfaux, Masnieres, Menin, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, occupation, Ottoman Empire, peace, prisoners of war, railway, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Skopje, Staden, surrender, Third Transjordan Attack, Turkey, Uskub, Vardar Offensive, Vesle, Villers-Guislain

Further progress on the Western Front. Ten thousand more prisoners east of the Jordan. Bulgaria accepts the Allied terms and surrenders. The terms include railway occupation, thus breaking direct German communication with Turkey. [Printed October 1, 1918]

Fall of Damascus. Bulgaria accepts the Allied terms and surrenders. Further Anglo-Belgian advance; Belgians fighting in Staden, British within two miles of Menin. British in the outskirts of Cambrai; Blécourt, Masnières, Crèvecour, and Villers-Guislain taken. General Berthelot attacks between the Vesle and Aisne; French carry Marfaux and Aure on the Champagne front. French take Uskub. Count Hertling and all German Secretaries of State resign. [Printed November 1, 1918]

September 29, 1918

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1918, Ailette, Battle of St Quentin Canal, Battle of the Canal du Nord, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Belgium, Cambrai, Charles Mangin, Dixmude, Fifth Battle of Ypres, Final Advance in Flanders, Flanders, France, Germany, Gheluvelt, Great Britain, Hindenburg Line, Hundred Days Offensive, Menin, Messines, Passchendaele, prisoners of war, Roeselare, Roulers, Sensee, St Quentin, United States of America

Anglo-Belgian progress of four to six miles, with 6,000 prisoners; Dixmude, Passchendaele, Gheluvelt, Messines, and other places occupied and the Roulers-Menin road reached. British-American battle on a 30-mile front from north of the Sensée to the neighbourhood of St. Quentin; British reach outskirts of Cambrai and break Hindenburg line on a six-mile front between Cambrai and St. Quentin; 22,000 prisoners in three days. Mangin reaches the Ailette.

September 27, 1918

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1918, Battle of Megiddo, Battle of the Canal du Nord, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Beaucamp, British Empire, Bulgaria, Cambrai, Canada, Champagne, communications, Flesquieres, France, Germany, Graincourt, Great Britain, Hindenburg Line, Hundred Days Offensive, Krushevo, Marcoing, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Ottoman Empire, prisoners of war, railway, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Somme-Py, Syria, Third Transjordan Attack, Turkey, United States of America, Vardar Offensive

British Attack in Front of Cambrai, breaking Hindenburg line; Beaucamp, Flesquières, Marcoing, and Graincourt taken; Canadians carry Bourlon and Bourlon Wood; 5,000 to 6,000 prisoners. French-American progress on Champagne front; French cross railway east of Somme-Py, advancing in some places 6½ miles and taking 10,000 prisoners; Americans advance further, with 8,000 prisoners to date. On Balkan front French take Krushevo. Arabs enter Deraa.