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The last German offensive began on July 15th on a 50-mile front before Rheims. It failed and was converted into an Allied victory. Thenceforward the Allies achieved victory after victory. At every point the enemy was forced back, Flanders was evacuated, a wedge was driven into the Boche line at Sedan, and along the whole line from Ostend to Switzerland the German position was so desperate that the Kaiser, faced with disaster in the field and naval mutiny and revolution at home, asked for an Armistice on October 6th.

Austria sued for peace on October 20th and surrendered to the Allies on November 3rd, while Turkey, having been granted an armistice on October 30th, threw down her arms subsequently. Following the proclamation of Bavaria as a Republic, and the renunciation of his throne by the Duke of Brunswick, and the suspension of payment by the Berlin banks, the Kaiser sued for peace. On November 9th he and the Crown Prince abdicated and the armistice terms of the Allies were accepted by the Germans two days later.