0ctober 13, 1918
Western Front:
More fighting on River Selle line; progress north-west of Douai.
French capture La Fere and Laon and push well on.
Stiff fighting on Meuse, north of Verdun.
Eastern Front:
French, British and Japanese troops enter Siberia.
Southern Front:
French cavalry enter Pirot.
Serbs storm enemy positions north of Nish.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres:
British advanced forces enter Tripoli, Syria.
Political, etc:
Izzet Pasha succeeds Talaat Pasha as Grand Vizier of Turkey. This marks the end of the war for Turkey.
Eleftherios Venizelos arrives in London for discussions on the war in the Balkans and Turkish surrender.
Air War:
1607 American ace Hamilton Coolidge, flying a SPAD XIII, destroys a German observation balloon for victory number 7.
1805 Germnan ace Hans Donhauser, with Jasta 17, shoots down a Bréguet 14 for victory number 13.
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