“I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of the letter which you have forwarded to me through the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Army in the Orient. My reply, which I am delivering to the Bulgarian Field Officer bearer of the letter in question, can, in view of the military situation, be only as follows. “I cannot grant any armistice or suspension of hostilities interrupting the operations now in course of execution. I shall, however, receive with all suitable courtesy, the properly accredited delegates of the Royal Bulgarian Government to whom Your Excellency alludes in your letter. These gentlemen should present themselves before the British lines, accompanied by an officer bearing a flag of truce.” APPENDIX D ARMISTICE BETWEEN THE ALLIES AND BULGARIA, SIGNED AT SALONICA ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1918 Military Convention regulating the conditions for the suspension of hostilities between the Allied Powers and Bulgaria. 1. Immediate evacuation, in accordance with an agreement to be concluded, of the territories still occupied (by the Bulgarians) in Greece and Serbia. No cattle, wheat or foodstuffs of any kind shall be removed from these territories. No damage shall be inflicted while evacuating them. The Bulgarian administration shall continue to function in the parts of Bulgaria at present occupied by the Allies. 2. Immediate demobilization of the whole Bulgarian Army, except for a group of all arms, to be kept on a war footing, comprising: 3 divisions of 16 battalions each, 5 regiments of cavalry. Two divisions to be employed for the defence of the Eastern frontier and the Dobrugia, and one for guarding the railways. 3. The arms, munitions, military vehicles belonging to the demobilized units to be deposited at points which will be designated by the High Command of the Armies in the Orient; they will be put into store by the Bulgarian authorities under Allied control. The horses will also be handed over to the Allies. 4. The material of IV Greek Army Corps, taken from the Greek Army when Eastern Macedonia was occupied, to be handed over to Greece, except such part of it as may have been sent to Germany. 5. Bulgarian troops who at present are to the west of the Uskub meridian and belonging to the XI German Army shall lay down their arms and be considered prisoners of war until further notice; the officers will retain their arms. 6. The Allied Armies will employ Bulgarian prisoners in the Orient until peace is signed, without reciprocity as regards Allied prisoners of war. The latter shall be handed over to the Allies without delay, and interned civilians shall be absolutely free to return to their homes.