Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-01
AUSTRIA: HUNGARY
BADLY DEFEATED
ON BATTLE FIELD
With Chaos at Home, Ger
many's Last Ally Pleads
for Armistice.
ALLIES REDOUBLE EFFORTS s
TO CRUSH ENEMY'S tFORCESl
Austrian Deputation Permitted
to Enter Into Prelirii-
nary Pourparlers.
TRUCE WITH TURKS sIGNBt,
Peace Negotiations Conducted FOR
Great Britain. by General Towns.
TRUCE WITH TURKS sIGNBn
Peace Negotiations Conducted FOR
Great Britain by General Town.
shend, of Kut-cl-Amara Fame. Ssss

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urkeS is out or the war. ana Ger-
many's remaining ally, Austria IIuhl
sars' oad'y defeated on the field ! O -
oet'ie' her battle line rent in twain,
ana win chaos reigning inside her
borders. is pleading for an armisticses
Thus far, her opportunities, haye55irrie
celred no better answer THAI, the *
doubling OF the efforts Of the \allies 3ii
crush utterly her warriors altho,,xhl
| Niehha dispatch last night s:AsSH
AUSTRIAN daputation has been pey
'e" 10 cross the fiGhtins line to by
''e''''''harS Pourpariers with the Itai
! commander 10y
;, me capttuiation of Turkey is ~,
| lievcd to have been unconditionai I'M
t.c.orlcS OF the allied forces uyer.
',i n,ustro- Hungarians threaten to "a
;,. mai remains OF the enemy armies n
ing back to their border line, shaft
| ana completely vanQuishcd 4 ~ ','sS{ =. 49,
.Nn armisttce between Turkey and
| thtente powers was signed Wednasd1
l'it became operative at noon Thur adj
u amounts to unconditional surra
amid furor OF cheers, Sir George
Isse' this ,me British Home seeretary made
commons late Thursday. a ~. ~
british prisoner general conducted
the negotiations for Great Britain. he
army OF 10000. was Surrounded and.
| captured at Kut-el-Amara Afew ia %
agS neso5 ne Vas WAS released from the Turkish
armistice and peace negotiator. ~
8, mhe ~ ,ns eng r, Of the preliminary. parlc2
| 'aW tne Turks. who starved him an
rendering unconditlonaliy to ) his is IEt
ermments and the allies terms SsI rs
ihe conditions Of Turkeys ca pftui
Ion !nn, as outlined by Sir George Gld
!: Free passage by the allied ns.lt,s
tum,ron,sn u,po,.s the Bosporus and into teHe
>. Occupation of the norts along the
pardnnclles and the Bosporus. - go s.S,s S.
lied p5sisonsrs in Turkish Prison ca, camps. ss
They were fargely one.sided. howevsas..SS$ 10 Wssa.S
Into direct communication, tirst with
Inc ri,.i, entente governments. mainly creat1
nri,tain. ari, then with the allied militarys.i
The London Evening Standard saya
INC aTmistice terms to Turkey are 81
ciude ''e'" e"arac'er ana VIII In
!. Evacuation of all allied territory
| tinople. itsS'''a'is
3: Surrender OF all guns and muni!.1
STILL RULE TURKEY
However. the committee of union OF
Progress, with Talaat and DjavId
t.as!a tp.ashas' as well as the pro-Gsrman 3
Turkish policy. The financiai interest..
] OF this regime are bound up with Ger
'he Whole RussIah Is sgT.her npointed out
manned chiefly by Germans, has mnvcSi
within VIZ gun range Of ConstantinopIeso Iso aSd
since, II the Turks are Unable pt5opaem. to r,snl
an.ee AM f1e fhe handing over of the city to l.
mander OF the allied feet in the Eeat
of dake e,dhs, the Necessary steps, ocenpatioS
perative to assure allied oontroi % I'm. I'M.
Russo o-German Black Sea fleet. 80
More than 10000 prisoners have been
American and Czecho -Slovak fopees
ana everywhere. from the mountain rc9 Il
nt S,on 70 @ the plains Of Nenetia, the ens.s@
. .ains. where stiff resistance had been Z
1neten TO Keep the foe from eDterins.
- MustFiaS a,. back door, the enemy's', fr@ts
70 .ns east or the Piave the allies have
rsfen east ~ IN R.i,np SHARP wedge TO the north
from their origna! point OF depnrturss
and severed connection between the
venetian plains 2.ts5N' n
ALLIES IN HOT PURSUIT.
or FLEEING ENEMiEs
over the plains leading toward thl
austrian frontier at the Isonzo RiveEl
them hard. Here the debacIe seems ts A.
De 'o'hpiete ihe enemy in his flight &c 81
leaving behind large numbers OF guns 3g
and great quantities of war stores 1aS q
nc endeaNors to reach the passages ovef;
the Tagliamento River. 1t seems notS
i,nprobab'e that on the pla ms and i'm 4lsss
me region east and west OF Beiiuno q
iarge numbers OF the enemy are des-ss.
tined to be captured. SissSssxi
IN the western battle front there fsSe.
stan little lighting OF a violent sharact
ttr. but the intensive operations Of thei1
%irmen seems to prGsage an carly res
tnrn OF battles of major ,impo 2 ta nee III
Belgium aets the Eritish and BelEial
troops have made slight gains VIII
thc French. on the southern part of stSy
iine in France, have advanced tfeinsd
line and taken prisoners. Aside frons
reciprocal artillery duels and confti8SN
tied aerial raids by the Americans. aiftE3
Germans the American sectors 4eaafsX
and IVES, OF the Mcuse have been corn
parativeiS quiet g ss
TURtIsH ARMY IN ~ Z syesS q
MEsOPOTS SLRRESDEHI
In the Serbian theatcr the Aust
hungarian eastern army has succsl
In outdistuncinG the ScrbiaH4
reaching their home territory.S
npolamia the Turkish army y,
SO long held up the aritish