Headstone of an unknown British soldier among those of French soldiers at the National Cemetery, Craonnelle, France. © 2014 by John M. Shea

A Soldier of the Great War

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Tuesday, November 12, 1918

"Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the Allied Armies:

After resolutely repulsing the enemy for months, you confidently attacked him with untiring energy.

You have won the greatest battle in history and rescued the most sacred of all causes, the Liberty of the World.

You have full right to be proud, for you have crowned your standards with immortal glory and won the gratitude of posterity.

F. Foch

Marshal of France

Commander in Chief of the Allied Armies."

Quotation Context

General order issued by Ferdinand Foch on November 12, 1918, the day after the Armistice between the Allies and Germany took effect.

Source

The Memoirs of Marshal Foch, translated by Col. T. Bentley Mott by Ferdinand Foch, page 488, copyright © 1931 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., publication date: 1931

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