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Scenes Attending the Signing of the Armistice.

THE SPOT IN THE FOREST OF COMPIEGNE, FRANCE, WHERE THE ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY WAS SIGNED, NOV. 11, 1918. ON THE LEFT IS THE TRAIN THAT FORMED THE HEADQUARTERS OF MARSHAL FOCH AND ON THE RIGHT THAT OCCUPIED BY THE GERMAN ENVOYS.

MAP SHOWING THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY GERMAN ARMISTICE ENVOYS FROM SPA TO COMPIEGNE.

STAR ON MAP INDICATES THE EXACT PLACE NEAR RETHONDES, FRANCE, WHERE THE ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY WAS SIGNED.

MARSHAL FOCH, CARRYING THE SIGNED ARMISTICE, PREPARING TO TAKE THE TRAIN FOR PARIS.

The most momentous event of the year 1918 was the signing of the armistice between the Allies and Germany on Nov. 11, which, while it did not formally end the war, virtually accomplished that result, since it made the resumption of hostilities by Germany impossible.

The negotiations took place in the railroad car in the Forest of Compiegne, where Marshal Foch had his headquarters.

The German delegates reached the spot after a long automobile journey which, whether by accident or design, was made to include the districts where there had been wanton devastation by the German armies.

The discussion lasted for three days, during which time the German envoys had their sleeping and dining quarters in the train, shown on the right of the picture above.

Only trifling modifications were made in final terms, and after the armistice was signed Marshal Foch proceeded to Paris.

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The war of the nations: portfolio in rotogravure etchings: compiled from the Mid-week pictorial. New York: New York Times, Co, 1919. Book. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/19013740/. (Accessed November 08, 2016.)

Images from "The War of the Nations : Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings : Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial" (New York : New York Times, Co., 1919)

Notes: Selected from "The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings," published by the New York Times shortly after the 1919 armistice. This portfolio compiled selected images from their "Mid-Week Pictorial" newspaper supplements of 1914-19. 528 p. : chiefly ill. ; 42 cm.; hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 --Pictorial works. New York--New York Format: Rotogravures --1910-1920.

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Part Of: Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 (DLC) sgpwar 19191231

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