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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1918
Page
5
Paris reports that Bulgaria has accepted an armistice on Allied terms, with accredited Bulgarian representatives announcing the ceasefire and exit from the war.
American forces of the First Army advanced west of the Meuse and captured Cierges three miles northwest of Montfaucon as tanks and air power aided the offensive. Reports from the Champagne front note progress toward Romagne and Darieulles-sur-Meuse with favorable action and no American losses.
In Tokyo a U S officer replies to Gen Uyehara praising American valor in Russia. Lt Col Morrow notes General Otani’s Ussuri river campaign, August 19 to September 5, and the joint effort of American and Japanese forces. Allied fronts surge with French British Belgian and American troops driving Germans back along the Meuse and Flanders fronts.
Soloniki Sept 30 representatives of Bulgaria met with General DeEsperay to sign an armistice with the Allied forces in Macedonia. Bulgaria agrees to surrender all invaded territory and to meet all Allied requirements.
In Austria the parliament debated inviting officials from neutral and belligerent nations to an unbinding discussion of peace terms. Presidents and vice presidents of parliaments from leading nations would be invited to participate.
President Wilson addressed Congress in Washington on September 30 requesting woman suffrage as a war measure, framing equal voting rights as essential to national effort.
Bulgarian delegates arrive at Saloniki to discuss armistice terms with the Allies while Emperor Charles presides over Vienna Crown Council, amid reports of Germany facing crisis. Vorwaerts warns of Austria Hungary and Turkey following Bulgaria’s path toward a democratic shift. London reports Allied intent to press Bulgars to retreat and seek favorable terms from Ferdinand.
London reports large fires around Uskub as Serbian forces move from Veles. They seize the Plachkovites mountain range south of Kochana. Rome says Italian troops capture Krushevo, a Bulgarian base 30 miles north of Monastir, and drive Bulgarians from mountains between the Cerna and Velika rivers. Italians pursue Bulgarians toward Demirhisar on the Monastir Kiochevo road, about 20 miles north of Demirhisar.
London Sept 30 updates report General Sir Edmund Allenby’s army in Palestine has taken 50,000 prisoners and 825 guns in the campaign. Dispatches confirm the totals as the war advances in the region.
American staff officers on the Verdun sector report a dead American soldier surrounded by ten dead Germans, indicating an intense fight where the American soldier appears to have killed ten foes before dying. The scene underscores brutal close combat on the northwest Verdun front.
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