The Armistice of Thessalonica
The Armistice of Thessalonica also known as The Armistice of Salonica was signed on 29 September 1918, between Bulgaria and the Allied Powers in Thessaloniki, Greece. The document was signed after a request by the Bulgarian government asking for a ceasefire. The armistice ended Bulgaria's participation in World War I, on the side of the Central Powers. It also regulated the demobilization and disarmament of the Bulgarian armed forces. The signatories, for the Allies, were the French General Louis Franchet d'Espérey (commander of the Allied Army of the Orient) and a commission appointed by the Bulgaria's government. The terms of the Armistice called for the immediate demobilization of all Bulgarian military activities, ordered the evacuation of Bulgarian-occupied Greek and Serbian territories, placed limits and restrictions to the size of Bulgaria's military employment and required Bulgaria to return military equipment that had been taken from the Greek Fourth Army Corps during the Bulgarian occupation of Eastern Macedonia, in 1916. Bulgaria and especially the city of Sofia were not to be occupied, but the Allies had the right to temporarily occupy some strategic points and to transfer troops over Bulgarian territory. The document would remain in effect until a final general peace treaty (the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine) in November 1919 was concluded.