 In Serbia, "Desperate Frankie" (as the British nicknamed d'Esperey) continued to advance and the Serbo-French Army re-captured the country, overrunning several weak German divisions that tried to block its push near Niš.On 3 November, Austria-Hungary was forced to sign an armistice on the Italian Front ending the war there.On 10 November, d'Esperey's army crossed the Danube river and was poised to enter the Hungarian heartland.