. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. n October 25 the Italians, not to be outdone by their allies, began aterrific driyej,.wjii<;h, resu%,(i„in the capture,of .5, prisoners in fiv^.d^ys. WORLD DOMINION THE STAKE 41 The first days of November will ever be glorious in the annals of Ameri-can arms. While the great armies under General Pershing were sweeping for-ward on a fifty-mile front about Verdun, with the enemy in full retreat, Aus-tria surrendered, s
. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. n October 25 the Italians, not to be outdone by their allies, began aterrific driyej,.wjii<;h, resu%,(i„in the capture,of .5, prisoners in fiv^.d^ys. WORLD DOMINION THE STAKE 41 The first days of November will ever be glorious in the annals of Ameri-can arms. While the great armies under General Pershing were sweeping for-ward on a fifty-mile front about Verdun, with the enemy in full retreat, Aus-tria surrendered, signing an armistice after the Italians had captured 500,000prisoners and put the Austro-German forces to rout. By November 4 the American troops had advanced beyond Stenay andwere preparing to strike at Sedan. At the same time other forces of theAllies captured the great fortress of Maubeuge, and the Canadians, advanc-ing irresistibly, took Mons. It was the end. Broken on all fronts, facing an-nihilation, Germany had no choice. On November 11 the war lords sur-rendered. At II a. m. that day the fighting ceased. The greatest and mostterrible of all wars was MARSHAL FOCHS TRAIN ARRIVES AT COMPIEGNE At the little village of Rethondes, near Compiegne, the armistice was signed in this car, a dining car, number 2419-D. The signing of the armistice agreement, however, did not bring peace tothe nations that had forced the war upon the world. Germany and Austria-Hungary both were in the throes of revolution. Their armies crushed, thepeople of both nations had arisen against the rulers whom they had blindlyfollowed while they still held hope for success. The fate of the crowned heads of the defeated powers was forecast onNovember 7 when the Bavarian Diet deposed King Ludwig and proclaimeda republic. Emperor William II of Germany bowed before the inevitable. OnNovember 9, as the final negotiations for an armistice were in progress, heabdicated and sought refuge in Hol
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