Grave and marker for an unknown French soldier at Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France, a primarily British cemetery. © 2014 John M. Shea

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Sunday, November 10, 1918

"I. The German Government to the plenipotentiaries at headquarters of the Allied High Command:

The German Government accepts the conditions of the Armistice communicated to it on November 8th.

  The Imperial Chancellor—3,084.

II. The German Supreme Command to the plenipotentiaries at headquarters of the Allied High Command: . . .

Your Excellency is authorized to sign the Armistice. You will please, at the same time, have inserted in the record the following:

The German Government will do all in its power to fulfil the terms agreed upon. However, the undersigned deems it his duty to point out that the execution of some of the conditions will bring famine to the population of that part of the German Empire which is not to be occupied."

Quotation Context

Between 7:00 and 8:00 PM on November 10, 1918, the German armistice negotiators received two wireless messages from the German Chancellor, Prince Max von Baden. The first appears above in its entirety, the second in part. The armistice was signed at 5:10 the following morning. 3,084 was a code to ensure authenticity.

Source

The Memoirs of Marshal Foch, translated by Col. T. Bentley Mott by Ferdinand Foch, page 476, copyright © 1931 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., publication date: 1931

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1918-11-10, 1918, November, Armistice, armistice, peace, inconnu, unknown soldier, unbekannt