King Ferdinand of Bulgaria Abdicates in Favor of Boris
Copenhagen reports King Ferdinand has left Bulgaria and is at Essenthal Castle in Vienna. The political crisis triggers his abdication in favor of his son Prince Boris as Bulgaria faces a royal succession.
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Copenhagen
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Essenthal Castle
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Paris
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Salonihki
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Pershing
Austria
Austria-Hun
Turkey
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la Liberte
Sofia
Balkan
Hand to Hand Fighting Pushes Yankees Ahead in Flanders
Allied forces report heavy fighting along the St. Quentin front with American troops breaking the Hindenburg line and advancing through dugouts in Belgium and France. British and French units describe gains near St. Quentin Cambrai and along the Chemin des Dames as fronts shift and prisoners, guns, and matériel are seized.
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Kaig
Cambrai
Washington
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War Department
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le Catalet
Nave
Guoy
Nauroy
la Caheret Wood
St. Quento Canal
Pridax
Bulgaria Accepts Armistice Terms With Allies
Bulgaria unconditionally surrenders military control to the Entente, evacuates Greek and Serbian territory, demobilizes, and yields Danube navigation and transport rights. British French Italian troops will occupy. Greek and Serbian forces will hold evacuated Greek and Serbian areas. The armistice ends Bulgaria as a belligerent and leaves territorial questions for later peace talks.
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Bulgaria
Greece
Serbia
Danube
Balkans
Ferdinand
Turkish Empire Trembles as Riots Hit Constantinople
Amsterdam reports disorders of serious character in the Turkish empire with rioting in Constantinople, a demonstration in favor of action similar to Bulgaria.
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Constantinople
Fire Ravages City of Cambria As War Rages On
London reports General Wermand ordered Cambria set ablaze to prevent its capture. The city faces destruction while British forces claim Vendhv nle and LeVergies captured.
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Cambria
Wermand
Riots in Berlin Reported Amid Censorship
Reports from Copenhagen in October indicate severe rioting in Berlin despite censorship efforts. Details remain scarce as officials limit information and observers await fuller confirmation.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Serbian Forces Break Bulgarian Retreat Near St Nicholas
Serbian officials report heavy fighting around St Nicholas Serbia near the Bulgarian frontier east of Veles. Charevo six miles from the border has fallen and Bulgarian troops’ retreat is cut off with 700 prisoners and 20 guns captured. Serbians push toward Uskup. Plachkovita range seized south of Kochana as fires burn at the base.
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St. Nicholas
Serbia
Veles
Chareyvo
Charevo
Uskup
Plachkovitea
Kochana
Paris
Roumania
Switzerland
Vienna
Bulgaria
Disorders Reported in Vienna
Reports indicate disturbances occurred in Vienna with scattered incidents noted. Details on scale, parties involved, and impact remain unclear from the fragmentary text. Authorities have not issued any official statements in this excerpt.
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Vienna
Prisoners Take Toll in Major Allied Offensives
A rapid tally from Tondon reports that in ten days Allied advances have captured about 123000 prisoners and 1200 guns on all fronts. Turkish forces yield 50000 prisoners and 25 guns, Bulgarian forces 20000 prisoners and 850 guns, Franco American advances 19000 prisoners and 100 guns, British action at Cambrai 25000 prisoners and 300 guns, and Anglo Belgian offensives 11000 prisoners and over 100 guns.
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Tondon
Fignes
Cambrai
Austria Offers Parley on Peace Terms Reported
An Amsterdam note says Austria proposes inviting presidents and vice presidents of belligerent and neutral parliaments to a nonbinding peace meeting. London reports Kaiser Wilhelm telegrams Westphalian society urging continued war until victory, while Chancellor von Hertling andForeign Secretary von Hintze reportedly offered resignations.
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Parlement
London
William
Westphalian Patriotic Society
Germany
von Hertling
von Hintze
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Spanish influenza ravages Camp Grant and Great Lakes
At Camp Grant Chicago 10 deaths and 400 new cases in 24 hours raise total hospital admissions to 788 and patients to 3546 as Lieut Col H Clay Michie warns of a long fight ahead. At Great Lakes naval training station new cases are diminishing and Capt W A Moffett expects cases to disappear soon.
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Chicago
Camp Grant
H. Clay Michie
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
W. A. Moffett
King Ferdi nand Seeks Loyalty To Allied Pact
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria telegraphs Emperor Charles of Austria asking for loyalty to the alliance, according to the Neue Presse quoted in dispatches reaching Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam
Ferdinand of
Iullgaria
Charles of Austria
Neue Presse
POW Reparations Deal Reach Berne Conference
Under an agreement from the Berne conference on prisoners of war the United States and Germany will arrange payments to officers and men. The accord outlines compensation terms and implements a framework for POW settlements between the two nations.
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Germany
Watedee
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