Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . rmer Austrian subjects, who had desertedto fight in Russia for the Allies. As a part of the great forward movement organized by Gen-eral Foch, the combined Serbian, Greek, English, and Frenchforces in the Balkans once more became active in Serbia andrapidly pushed back the Bulgarians, who, with the help of theGermans and Austrians, had overrun the country three yearsbefore. Neither Germany nor Austria could send aid to theirally, and on September 29, 1918,
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . rmer Austrian subjects, who had desertedto fight in Russia for the Allies. As a part of the great forward movement organized by Gen-eral Foch, the combined Serbian, Greek, English, and Frenchforces in the Balkans once more became active in Serbia andrapidly pushed back the Bulgarians, who, with the help of theGermans and Austrians, had overrun the country three yearsbefore. Neither Germany nor Austria could send aid to theirally, and on September 29, 1918, the Bulgarians threw up theirhands and asked for an armistice. This was granted on condi-tion of absolute surrender. The Bulgarians retired from thewar, having agreed to disband their army and give the Alliesthe right to use their territory, supplies, and railroads in con-tinuing the fight against Austria-Hungary and Turkey. Thedefection of Bulgaria proved decisive, and it was clear thatTurkey could not keep up the fight when cut off from herwestern allies, and that Austria-Hungary, open to invasionthrough Bulgaria, must soon German Delegates arriving within the French Lines, TO SECURE Terms of the Armistice Marshal Foch (From a Drawing by a French Official Artist) One of the most dramatic events in history occurred when the Germandelegates, traveling in automobiles bearing the white flag, made theirway to the headquarters of the Allied Generalissimo. There the Ger-mans made their final advance, not as conquerors, as they had arro-gantly boasted that they would, but as suppliants for peace, admittingtheir overwhelming defeat
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