Western Front
The so-called
Battles of the Hindenburg Line: Sharp local fighting renewed in neighborhood of Selency. Anglo-French attack on 4-mile front east of Vermand to within 2 miles of St Quentin. British 1st and 6th Divisions with 20 tanks attack Quadrilateral and Fresnoy (northwest of St Quentin); French capture 2 villages to west.
Surprise attack by Germans near Moeuvres and Epehy are repulsed.
Artillery actions in French sector.
BEF’s best week of war for taking PoWs, with 30,441 claimed (until September 30).
British soldiers bring in exhausted, wounded and demoralized German PoWs:
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Western Front, Air: U.S. Navy pilot David Sinton Ingalls becomes the first US Navy ace (he is also the only US Navy ace in WWI):
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Southern Front
Macedonia: Battle of the Vardar/Battle of the Dobropolje/Battle of the Moglenitsa: Serbians in posession of Babuna Pass, they capture Veles and Ishtip, press on to Uskub.
British cross Bulgarian frontier at Kosturino. Over 10,000 prisoners and 200 guns claimed.
End of battle of the Vardar.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Palestine: Battles of Megiddo (Sharon and Nablus) (see 23rd and 25th): British cavalry reach Sea of Galilee in pursuit of Turks, who are fleeing towards Damascus.
East of Jordan British cavalry occupy Amman on Hejaz railway. Total of prisoners 45,000 and 265 guns.
Australian troops guard a captured German airplane at Jenin aerodrome: © IWM (Q 12345):
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A British armoured car at the Battle of Megiddo in northern Palestine:
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Political, etc
Germany: OHL informs Berlin Govt that armistice talks inevitable.
Kaiser visits Kiel U-boat School, speaks to 400 U-boat officers and minelayer crews.
France: 4th War Loan authorized.
United Kingdom: Army educational scheme issued. Churchill first meets S Sassoon.
Women workers painting smoke shells at a factory in Lancashire: © IWM (Q 28241):
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Italy: Yugoslav State recognized by Italy as independent.
Bulgaria: Bulgaria proposes an Armistice, but General Franchet d'Esperey, (Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces) declines any suspension of hostilities.
United States: Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls in Cincinnati, Ohio scatter flowers in advance of soldiers leaving for the front:
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