Signing the Peace Treaty in the Hall of Mirrors,Palace of Versailles, on June 28, 1919. Georges Clemenceau, FrenchPremier, is standing and inviting the German delegates to affix theirsignatures to the document.
The STORY OF THE GREAT WAR
VICTORY WITH THE ALLIES ARMISTICE · PEACE CONGRESS CANADA'S WAR ORGANIZATIONS AND VAST WAR INDUSTRIES CANADIAN BATTLES OVERSEAS
VOLUME VIII CANADIAN EDITION
THE STORY OF CANADA IN THE GREAT WAR
EDITED AND COMPILED BY
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN A. COOPER LATE COMMANDER OF THE 198TH BATTALION, CANADIAN BUFFS
P · F · COLLIER & SON · NEW YORK
Copyright 1920 By P. F. Collier & Son
(p. 001) CONTENTS
PART I.—THE WESTERN FRONT
CHAPTER
Destruction Marks the Great Retreat—The French Capture Soissons, Fismes, and Important Positions—The British Win Great Victories Near Albert9
The German Retreat Continues—The French Victorious Between the Oise and the Aisne—The British Win Miles of Territory Daily22
The French Take Noyon—The British Bapaume and Péronne—The Allies Conquer on Every Front36
The British Close in on Cambrai—French Occupy St. Quentin—The Germans Fire Cambrai and Retreat—The Allies' Great Victory in Flanders49
The Germans Retreat on All Fronts—British Capture Valenciennes—The Armistice—The War Over63