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Title: The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians, biographers and specialists: a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history;
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson), 1836-1913 Smith, Donald Eugene, b. 1878 Seymour, Charles, 1885-1963 Shearer, Augustus Hunt, 1878-1941 Knowlton, Daniel Chauncey, 1876-
Subjects: History
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : C.A. Nichols Publishing Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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n of hostihties. Ah, said Foch,I understand—you have come to seek an armistice.Von Giindell and his colleagues admitted the correc-tion, and explicitly asked for an armistice.—J.Buchan, History of the Great War, v. 4, p. 414. g. Terms of armistice presented.—The dele-gates were then presented with the Allied terms,and withdrew to consider them, after being informedthat they must be accepted or refused withinseventy-two hours—that is to say, before i oclockon the morning of Monday, the nth. They askedfor a provisional suspension of hostilities, a requestwhich Foch curtly declined. The delegates declaredthat they were astonished at the severity of theterms, and sought permission to communicate withBerlin. A courier bearing the text of the armisticewas dispatched to Main headquarters at Spa, andthe German Command was informed by wirelessof his coming. (With Marshal Foch was Vice-Admiral Sir Roslyn Wemyss, first lord of the (Brit-ish) admiralty, Major-General Maxine Weygand, 10534
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o D 3 w a: •J o WORLD WAR, 1918 XI. End of the War: aSigning of Armistice WORLD WAR. igis the Marshals Chief of Staff, and Vice-Admiral W.S. Sims of the American navy were also present,But took no part in the negotiations. The Ciermanmessenger, Captain Helldorf) was to cross theFrench lines that night between six and eight oclock.The French lire ceased according to arrangement,but the unfortunate messenger had to wail longbefore the German barrage stopped.—Ibid., p. 114.—The German delegates suggested on November 9that the couriers mission might be attempted byairplane. The French high command saw no objec-tion to this and offered to furnLsh a machine oncondition that the (Jerman high command pledgeitself that the airplane would not be fired at. Amessage was sent to German headquarters, whichwas replied to without delay as follows: We grantfree passage to the French airplane bringing ourcourier. We are issuing orders that it shall not beattacked by any of our machines. For the p

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