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A preliminary attack to get Allied troops into position for the southern part of the main attack fails, leaving American troops dangerously exposed close to the German front line.
Bulgarian signs an armistice, to come into effect on 29 September. She is the first of the Central Powers to surrender, followed almost one month later by the Ottoman Empire (30 October), then Austria (3 November) and finally Germany (11 November).
Ludendorff reacts to the Bulgarian surrender by insisting that Germany needed a cease-fire.
The Wickes class destroyer USS Twiggs (DD-127) is launched. She arrives too late for the First World war but goes on to serve in four different navies - the US Navy, the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Soviet Navy, and end her life as a film star
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Norman Friedmann .
The standard history of the development of American destroyers, from the earliest torpedo boat destroyers to the post-war fleet, and covering the massive classes of destroyers built for both World Wars. Gives the reader a good understanding of the debates that surrounded each class of destroyer and led to their individual features.
