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  • Day 1550 of the war
  • The Austro-Hungarian government seeks an armistice with Italy

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders escorting Austro-Hungarian prisoners across a pontoon bridge over the river Piave at Salettuol, Italy, Ernest Brooks, 27 October 1918. Image courtesy Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 26737).