Lex Anteinternet: Countdown on the Great War, October 30, 1918: French reach the Aisne, Central Powers collapse in the Balkans, Revolution in Hungary, the war stops in the Middle East

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Countdown on the Great War, October 30, 1918: French reach the Aisne, Central Powers collapse in the Balkans, Revolution in Hungary, the war stops in the Middle East

1. French forces reached the Aisne River.

2. In the Balkans the Italians and French took Shkoder Albania, while the Serbs took Podgorica, Montenegro.

3. Combat stopped in the Middle East with the formal surrender of the Ottoman Empire.

In Cheyenne they learned of the Ottoman's quitting. . . and also the residence problems of the former Governor Osborne.

They learned the same in Laramie. . . where nurses were being called due to the flu and the next conscription cohort was being notified.

4. Hungarian revolutionaries seized public buildings and King Charles IV was forced to recognize the success of the coup. Austro Hungaria as a political entity was effectively over.

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