Allied offensives continue on Western Front, in Serbia, Palestine and Italy

1 Battle of Valenciennes begins as British First Army launches fresh offensive; lasts two days and Calenciennes is captured on 3 November

1 Serbian forces recapture Belgrade

1 German force in East Africa enters Rhodesia and attacks Fife

1 Abdication of King Boris of Bulgaria

1 Formation of independent government of Hungary

2 British merchant ships "Surada" and "Murcia" sunk by submarine in Mediterranean - they prove to be the last to be so

2 Slovene leaders take over administration of Carniola from Austria-Hungary

3 Allied governments agree to German proposals for an armistice based on President Wilson's proposals of 8 January 1918

3 Armistice signed between Austria-Hungary and Allies

3 Italian forces occupy Trieste

3 Mutiny begins in German naval fleet at Kiel

4 British armies attack again in Battle of the Sambre in France

4 French offensive begins: the Second Battle of Guise

4 End of the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in northern Italy

4 Hostilities cease between Austria-Hungary and Allies

4 British forces capture Mosul in Iraq

5 Marshal Foch is placed in supreme strategic command of all forces operating against Germany

5 Italian naval forces occupy Fiume (Rijeka)

5 Seaplane carrier HMS "Campania" sunk in Firth of Forth after accidental collisions in bad weather

6 French forces recapture Rethel

6 United States forces capture Sedan in France

7 Bavaria is proclaimed a separate republic

7 Joint Yugo-Slav and Serbian giovernment created to control foreign and military affairs

8 German armistice delegates reach Allied headquarters

8 British forces capture Maubeuge in France

9 Allied naval forces occupy Alexandretta in Syria

9 Von Lettow-Vorbeck's force captures Kasama in Rhodesia

9 Last British warship lost as HMS "Britannia" is sunk by submarine off Cape Trafalgar in the Atlantic: 50 men killed

9 Revolution breaking out in Berlin; Chancellor announces that Kaiser has decided to abdicate; Prince Max becomes Regent; Ebert becomes new Chancellor

9 British and French governments make declaration regarding future of Mesopotamia and Syria

9 Czech force at Ekaterinenberg in Russia proclaim national independence

10 French forces recapture Mezieres

10 Belgian forces recapture Ghent in Flanders

10 Allied forces cross the River Danube at Ruschuk and enter Rumania; King of Rimania announces that his nation is now on Allied side

10 Kaiser Wilhelm II crosses frontier into neutral Netherlands

11 Canadian forces capture Mons in Belgium

11 Armistice concluded between Allies and Germany: hostilities cease in France and Flanders at 11am

11 British government officially recognises Latvian provisional government

11 New national government formed in Estonia

12 Abdication of Austrian Emperor

12 Allied fleet passes through Dardanelles; arrives at Constantinople next day

12 German-Austrian republic proclaimed

13 German force in East Africa reaches Chambezi River in Rhodesia

14 Hostilities cease in east Africa

14 Masaryk elected first President of Czecho-Slovak republic

14 Cruiser HMS "Cochrane" grounds in Mersey estuary; breaks up

15 SMS "Konigsberg" enters Firth of Forth carrying naval delegates to arranger surrender of German fleet

15 Hungarian government concludes separate armistice with General Henry( commanding Allied army) at Belgrade

16 Allied armies commence march to Germany: occupation of hine is an armistice condition

16 Polish government declares Poland an independent and sovereign state

16 Hungary declares independence

16 New national government in Estonia mobilises its army

17 French troops once again occupy Mulhouse

17 British forces reoccupy Baku on the Caspian Sea

17 Yugo-Slav national council protests at Italian occupation of Fiume (Rijeka); next day, Italians reinforce their garrison

18 Last German troops cross frontier out of France

18 Belgian forces re-enter Brussels

18 Admiral Kolchak leads counter-revolutionary coup at Omsk in Russia

19 French troops once again occupy Metz

19 Belgian forces re-enter Antwerp

20 United States troops cross frontier into Luxemburg

20 German submarines begin to surrender to Royal Navy at Harwich

20 General Marushevski appointed Governor General and Commander in Chief of Russian forces at Archangel

21 German High Seas Fleet arrives at Rosyth en route for internment at Scapa Flow

21 Belgian government is reinstated at Brussels

21 British forces occupy Namur in Belgium

21 French troops land at Constantinople

23 Polish forces capture Lemberg

23 Yugo-Slav national council votes for formation of common state to include Serbia and Montenegro

24 British and US forces arrive at German frontier

25 French troops re-enter Strasbourg

25 German forces in East Africa surrender to Allies at Abercorn

26 Last German troops cross out frontier out of Belgium

26 French troops cross German frontier

26 Allied fleet takes over remainder of Russian Black Sea Fleet from Germans

26 United States troops enter Fiume

28 Bolshevik forces capture Narva in Estonia