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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1918
Page
1
Paris September 30. Bulgaria is out of the war. Accredited representatives of the Bulgarian government have accepted the armistice terms announced by the Allies.
Information from Swiss circles says Roumanian population may have risen in revolt and German civil authorities are hastily removing archives as German forces retreat. American forces west of the Meuse report capture of Cierges and ongoing success across the Champagne front with 33 German planes shot down. Tanks resume attacks east of Argonne with advancing lines near Brieulles-sur-Meuse and Romagne.
Paris reports French forces capture Arvillers and Cerizy southeast of St Quentin as German lines retreat along the 250 mile front from Flanders to the Marne. British Canadian units enter Cambrai outskirts as Haig notes progress and 16,000 prisoners captured since Friday.
Tokyo reports Lieutenant Cornel Morrow commander of American troops in the capture of Khabarovsk sent a congratulatory message to Gen. Uyehara praising the joint operations. Otani’s Ussuri river campaign is hailed as remarkable with 420 miles gained by Sept. 5 and Khabarovsk seized. The message lauds the union of Japanese and American forces and friendship between nations. West front actions include French advances on the Chemin des Dames and gains near the Meuse as German positions retreat toward Cambrai.
Solun Sept 30 Bulgarians and French General DeEspereay signed a Balkan armistice on the Macedonian front. The document requires Bulgaria to surrender all invaded territory and meet the Allies demand in full.
In Vienna the Austrian parliament discusses an unbinding peace terms meeting. Officials from neutral and belligerent nations could participate with presidents and vice presidents of parliaments from leading nations invited to attend.
President Wilson addressed Congress asking for woman suffrage as a war measure. He stated the move would support national unity and contributions to the war effort.
Emperor Charles presided over a long Crown Council in Vienna as Bulgaria’s armistice talks loom. Berlin dispatches cite fears of Germany’s collapse and calls for a democratic era to save the empire. London reports Allied plans to press Bulgaria and terms Ferdinand might accept to end the war.
London reports large fires around Uskub as Serbian forces advance from Veles. Serbian lines claim control of Plachkovites range south of Kochana. Rome confirms Krushevo taken by Italian troops and Bulgarians driven from mountains between the Cerna and Velika rivers in the Monastir Kiochevo sector.
London reports Gen. Sir Edmund Allenby’s Palestine campaign has resulted in about 80,000 prisoners captured. The tally of captured guns has climbed to 825, with dispatches confirming the numbers.
American staff officers on the Verdun sector report a dead American surrounded by ten dead Germans. The soldiers are believed to have fought fiercely with the American soldier appearing to have killed the Germans before dying himself.
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