Hindenburg line, captured.

1.--Damascus occupied by British in Palestine campaign.

2.--Lens evacuated by Germans.

3.--Albania cleared of Austrians by Italians.

4.--Ferdinand, king of Bulgaria, abdicates; Boris succeeds

5.--Prince Maximilian new German Chancellor, pleads with President
Wilson to ask Allies for armistice.

7.--Berry-au-Bac taken by French.

8.--President Wilson asks whether German Chancellor speaks for people or
war lords.

9.--Cambrai in Allied hands.

10.--Leinster, passenger steamer, sunk in Irish Channel by submarine;
480 lives lost; final German atrocity at sea.

11.--Americans advance through Argonne forest.

12.--German foreign secretary, Solf, says plea for armistice is made in
name of German people; agrees to evacuate all foreign soil.

12.--Nish, in Serbia, occupied by Allies.

13.--Laon and La Fere abandoned by Germans.

13.--Grandpre captured by Americans after four days' battle.

14.--President Wilson refers Germans to General Foch for armistice
terms.

16.--Lille entered by British patrols.

17.--Ostend, German submarine base, taken by land and sea forces.

17.--Douai falls to Allies.

19.--Bruges and Zeebrugge taken by Belgians and British.

25.--Beginning of terrific Italian drive which nets 50,000 prisoners in
five days.

31.--Turkey surrenders; armistice takes effect at noon; conditions
include free passage of Dardanelles.

November

1.--Clery-le-Grand captured by American troops of First Army.

3.--Americans sweep ahead on 50-mile front above Verdun; enemy in full
retreat.

3.--Official reports announce capture of 362,350 Germans since July 15.

3.--Austria surrenders, signing armistice with Italy at 3 P. M. after
500,000 prisoners had been taken.

4.--Americans advance beyond Stenay and strike at Sedan.

7.--American Rainbow Division and parts of First Division enter suburbs
of Sedan.

8.--Heights south of Sedan seized by Americans.

9.--Maubeuge captured by Allies.

10.--Canadians take Mons in irresistible advance.

11.--Germany surrenders; armistice takes effect at 11 A. M. American
flag hoisted on Sedan front.

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