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1914
August
29
Key event
Battle of Guise begins
On 29 August 1914 Lanrezac's French Fifth Army broke off its retreat and counter-attacked Bülow's German Second Army on the river Oise.
1917
March
17
French take Roye
On 17 March 1917 the French advance guard entered Roye, ruined by the Germans. About 800 inhabitants whom the occupiers had not deported awaited the troops.
1918
September
15
Battle of Dobro Pole begins
On 15 September 1918 the Serbs and French took the Dobro Pole–Sokol–Vetrenik ridge in Macedonia, and on 16 September the Bulgarians' second position on Kozjak.
30
Key event
Armistice of Salonica
On 29 September 1918 Bulgaria signed an armistice at Salonica. The fighting stopped at noon on 30 September, the first Central Power out of the war.
October
03
Abdication of Ferdinand
On 3 October 1918 Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria renounced the throne in favour of his son Boris III and left the country. The dynasty survived the defeat.
November
06
Regent Alexander in Belgrade
In early November 1918 Regent Alexander came to liberated Belgrade with General Franchet d'Espèrey. The old King Peter I returned to the capital only in 1919.
13
Armistice of Belgrade
On 13 November 1918 in Belgrade Hungary signed a military convention with the Allies. Its line left the Banat, Bačka and part of Transylvania to occupation.