On the Aisne--Meuse Front the French reach the line of the Ardennes Canal and capture Le Chesne; the Americans approach Beaumont and Stenay. Northern Albania:--The Italians occupy Scutari. Nov. 5 (Tues.) The German Government is informed through President Wilson that application for an Armistice must be made to Marshal Foch in the usual military form. The French advance between the Oise and the Aisne towards Hirson. The Aisne--Meuse Front:--The French cross the Ardennes Canal; the Americans capture Beaumont. Nov. 6 (Wed.) German delegates start for the Western Front to receive the terms of Armistice from Marshal Foch and Admiral Sir R. Wemyss. The German retreat becomes general from the Scheldt north of Valenciennes to the Meuse at Sedan. The British 1st, 3rd, and 4th Armies pursue the enemy towards Mons, Maubeuge, and Avesnes. The French capture Vervins and Rethel. The Americans enter Sedan. Nov. 7 (Thur.) The Bavarian Republic is proclaimed. Kiel and Hamburg fall into the hands of revolutionaries. The British 1st Army makes a formal entry into Valenciennes. The British capture Bavai and reach Haumont (in the valley of the Sambre). Nov. 8 (Fri.) The German delegates receive the terms of Armistice of the Allies. Prince Max of Baden, the German Imperial Chancellor, resigns. The revolutionary movement spreads rapidly through Germany. The British capture Maubeuge, enter Tournai, cross the Scheldt south of it, capture Condé and Avesnes, and advance on Mons. The French advance towards Mézières and Charleville. Nov. 9 (Sat.) The Kaiser abdicates and flies to Holland. Herr Ebert succeeds Prince Max as Chancellor (see Oct. 3). The pursuit of the enemy by the Allies continues. H.M.S. _Britannia_ (battleship) is sunk by a submarine off Cape Trafalgar. Nov. 10 (Sun.) The French occupy Hirson, surround Mézières, and cross the Meuse. The Americans advance towards Montmédy and the Briey basin. Nov. 11 (Mon.) The Belgians enter Ghent; the British (3rd Canadian Division) enter Mons at dawn. The Armistice with Germany (see Appendix VI. (iv)) is signed in the Forest of Compiègne, near the Chateau Francport (in the train of Marshal Foch), at 5 A.M. Fighting ceases at 11 A.M. * * * * * _Note._--The Battle of the Sambre struck at and broke the enemy's last important lateral communications, turned his positions on the Scheldt, and forced him to retreat rapidly from Courtrai. This victory completed the great strategical aim of the Allies, viz. to divide the enemy's forces into two parts, one on each side of the great natural barrier of the Ardennes. The pursuit of the beaten enemy all along the Allied line was only stopped by the Armistice. THE CHIEF EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE WAR, BETWEEN THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE ON THE 11TH NOVEMBER 1918 AND THE SIGNATURE ON THE 28TH JUNE 1919 OF THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY. 1918 Nov. 12 (Tues.) The Emperor Karl of Austria abdicates.