October 19, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Courtrai, Belgium, British Army, Bruges, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Danube, Denain, Final Advance of Flanders, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hunding line, Hundred Days Offensive, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Oise, peace, Serre, United States of America, Vidin, Woodrow Wilson, Yugoslavia, Zeebrugge

Belgians occupy Zeebrugge and Bruges; British 1st Army captures Denain. French attack in the German salient between the Oise and the Serre penetrating the Hunding line on a front of three miles. French reach neighbourhood of Vidin, on the Danube. President Wilson’s reply to Austrian Note; mere autonomy for Czechs and Yugo-Slavs will not suffice.

October 4, 1918

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1918, 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, Scarpe, United States of America, Varennes, 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 of 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 28, 1918

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1918, Ailette, Aisne, Arabs, armistice, Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub, Battle of Somme-Py, Belgium, Brieulles, Bulgaria, Champagne, Charles Mangin, Deraa, Dixmude, Edmund Allenby, Exermont, Fifth Battle of Ypres, Final Advance in Flanders, Flanders, France, Germany, Great Britain, Houthulst Forest, Hundred Days Offensive, Jisr Benat Yakub, Jordan, King Albert I, Maure, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, monarchy, peace, Ploegsteert, prisoners of war, Royal Navy, Somme-Py, Third Transjordan Attack, United States of America

Anglo-Belgian Attack under King Albert on a 23-mile front from near Dixmude to Ploegsteert; a four-mile advance takes all Houthulst Forest and 4,000 prisoners; British Fleet cooperating. In Champagne, French take Somme-Py and Maure; Americans reach Brieulles and Exermont, taking 20 towns. Mangin advances on the Aisne; enemy withdraws to the Ailette. Allenby crosses the Upper Jordan at Jisr Benat Yakub; junction effected with Arabs near Deraa. It is announced that Bulgaria has requested an armistice with a view to peace negotiations.

September 25, 1918

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1918, Amman, armistice, Battle of Megiddo, Battle of Nablus, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Bulgaria, cavalry, communications, Es Samrah, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hejaz, Hundred Days Offensive, Ishtip, Jordan, Kochana, Kosturino, Louis Franchet D'Esperey, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, peace, prisoners of war, railway, Republic of Macedonia, Second Battle of Amman, Selency, Semakh, Serbia, Strumnitza, Third Transjordan Attack, Tiberias, Turkey, Uskub, Vardar Offensive, Veles, weapons

Bulgarian Government propose an Armistice; General Franchet d’Esperey refuses request to suspend operations, but indicates proper conditions of approach; Serbians capture Ishtip and Veles and cavalry press on towards Uskub; Serbian cavalry at Kochana, approaching Bulgarian frontier; British troops enter Bulgaria opposite Kosturino, six miles south of Strumnitza; over 10,000 prisoners and more than 200 guns taken. Cavalry occupy Tiberias, Semakh, and Es Samrah on the Sea of Galilee, and Amman on the Hedjaz railway; 45,000 prisoners and 265 guns to date. British capture Selency.

September 16, 1918

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1918, American President, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Dobro Pole, Bulgaria, Dobro Pole, France, Germany, peace, prisoners of war, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, United States of America, Vardar Offensive, weapons, Woodrow Wilson

Franco-Serbian advance on the Dobropolje front continues; a front of 116 miles pierced in places to a depth of five miles; 4,000 prisoners and 30 guns taken. President Wilson‘s reply to the Austrian Note; American Government “can and will entertain no proposal for a conference upon a matter concerning which it has made its position and purpose so plain.”

September 15, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Dobro Pole, Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Belgium, Bezonvaux, Bulgaria, Flanders, fortress, France, Germany, Hundred Days Offensive, Louis Franchet D'Esperey, Metz, Meuse, Mont des Singes, Moselle, Norroy, peace, Pont-a-Mousson, prisoners of war, reparation, Republic of Macedonia, retreat, Serbia, Vailly, Vardar Offensive, Vauxaillon, Verdun, weapons, Zivojin Misic

Austrian Peace Note published; Concurrently Germany makes a definite offer to Belgium; Belgium to revert to her neutrality, the old commercial treaties to be maintained, the “Flemish” question to be dealt with, no indemnities and no reparation. German retreat between the Meuse and Moselle continues on a front of 33 miles from Bezonvaux, north-east of Verdun, to Norroy, north of Pont-à-Mousson; fortress guns of Metz in action. Further French advance east of Vauxaillon; they take Mt. des Singes with 1,300 prisoners, and farther south, Vailly. French and Serbian offensive, under Franchet d’Esperay and Marshal Misitch, in the Balkans.

May 7, 1918

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1918, Austria-Hungary, Baghdad, Bulgaria, Frederick Barton Maurice, Germany, Great Britain, Iraq, Kirkuk, Lloyd George, Mosul, Ottoman Empire, peace, Romania, Treaty of Bucharest, Turkey, William Marshall

General Marshall’s troops enter Kirkuk, 110 miles south-east of Mosul, on the Baghdad road. Peace signed between Rumania and the Central Powers. General Maurice‘s letter to the Press imputing misstatements to Ministers in regard to the military position.

April 15, 1918

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1918, Alsace, Austria-Hungary, Bailleul, Battle of Bailleul, Battle of the Lys, Belgium, Denmark, Emperor Charles, Foreign Minister, France, Georges Clemenceau, Germany, Great Britain, Imperial German Navy, Kattegat, Lorraine, monarchy, occupation, Ottokar Czernin, peace, Royal Navy, Sixtus Affair, Wulverghem, Wytschaete

Fall of Bailleul and Wulverghem; German attacks near Wytschaete. British warships sink 10 German trawlers in the Kattegat. Resignation of Count Czernin announced, following M. Clemenceau‘s publication of Emperor Karl‘s letter referring to “just claims of France to Alsace-Lorraine.”

March 26, 1918

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1918, Albert, Austria-Hungary, Ayette, Battle of Rosieres, Beaumont Hamel, Boiry, Bray, Bulgaria, Chaulnes, evacuation, France, Germany, Great Britain, Henin, Iraq, Khan Baghdadi, Operation Michael, Ottoman Empire, peace, prisoners of war, Puisieux-au-Mont, Romania, Roye, Scarpe, Somme, tank, Treaty of Bucharest, Turkey, United States of America, Wancourt, weapons, William Marshall

Fighting north of the Somme dies down; British line runs through Bray, Albert, Beaumont Hamel, Puisieux, Ayette, Boiry, Henin, and Wancourt to the Scarpe; heavy German attacks south of the Somme; Chaulnes and Roye evacuated; British, French, and Americans fighting here and French reinforcements coming up; enemy claims 963 guns and 100 Tanks. General Marshall encircles and defeats Turkish Army at Khan Baghdadie; 3,000 prisoners. Germany announces preliminaries of Rumanian treaty initialled.