Estonian Provisional Government. 3 November: November Revolution: Beginning of a revolution in the German Empire. 8–11 November: A general strike in Tallinn. 9 November: November Revolution: Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates and Germany is declared a republic. 10 November: Lieutenant General Adolf von Seckendorff of the German 68th Corps allows the acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers Jaan Poska to resume the operations of the Estonian Provincial Assembly and the Estonian Provisional Government. 10–11 November: The Central Committee of the Estonian Branches of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in Petrograd declares a mobilization of Estonian communists to restore communist power in Estonia. 11 November: Germany signs the Armistice of Compiègne, officially ending World War I. The Entente Powers order German forces to remain in the Baltic states indefinitely. The Estonian Provisional Government resumes its operations, headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers Jaan Poska. Chairman of the Council of Ministers Konstantin Päts remains imprisoned in a German internment camp in Poland. The Estonian Provisional Government establishes an irregular army called the Estonian Defense League, headed by Major general Ernst Põdder. 11–14 November: German authorities give over all political power to the Estonian Provisional Government. 12 November: The newly established Estonian Police takes over power from German forces in Tallinn. The Estonian Provisional Government renews its cabinet composition, leaving Konstantin Päts as both Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs, even though he remains imprisoned in a German internment camp in Poland. The Estonian Provisional Government establishes a regular army called Estonian People's Force. A workers' demonstration in Tallinn is dispersed by German forces. Many school students in Tartu join the Estonian Defense League in corpore. 12–15 November: Tallinn factories elect their workers' councils, setting way for communists to resume their power in Estonia after German retreat. 13 November: The All-Russian Central Executive Committee annuls the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, whereby Soviet Russia renounced its claims over Estonia. Minister of War Andres Larka returns to Tallinn from exile. He starts organizing the newly established Estonian People's Force as its acting chief of staff. 15 November: The Central Committee of the Estonian Branches of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in Petrograd establishes the Provisional Revolutionary Committee of Estonia, headed by Jaan Anvelt. The committee will organize the reconquest of Estonia. 16 November: Soviet westward offensive: The commander-in-chief of the Red Army Jukums Vācietis gives