On This Day - 2 November 1918
Theatre definitions:
Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any
military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland.
Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and
Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the
Austro-Italian and Balkan (including Bulgaro-Romanian) fronts, and
Dardanelles. Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres comprises
Egypt, Tripoli, the Sudan, Asia Minor (including Transcaucasia), Arabia,
Mesopotamia, Syria, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China, India, etc.
Naval and Overseas Operations comprises operations on the seas
(except where carried out in combination with troops on land) and in
Colonial and Overseas theatres, America, etc. Political, etc.
comprises political and internal events in all countries, including Notes,
speeches, diplomatic, financial, economic and domestic matters.
Source: Chronology of the War (1914-18, London; copyright expired)
Western Front
Allied advance continued.
Germans retreat in Argonne Forest.
Americans capture Buzancy.
French capture south bank of Canal des Ardennes between Semuy and Neuville.
Eastern Front
Polish Regency Council orders formation of regular Standing Army.
Southern Front
Austrian retreat in Venetian Alps and plain continued.
Allies enter Belluno.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Von Lettow attacks Fife (frontier post of Rhodesia) and is repulsed.
Political, etc.
Publication of armistice terms with Turkey.
Mass meeting of Trade Unionists in London to consider Labour's part in the Peace.
Baron Flotow succeeds Count Andrassy as Minister for Austria-Hungarian Foreign Affairs.
Slovenes take over administration of Carniola.
