The Great Silence - Armistice 1918

24 Envoi La guerre est finie pour les milliers partis, La paix éternelle pour les milliers partis, La fin de la peine et la peur, Et le fin de tout désir, Le fin de l’orgueil et de la gloire, Tout étient dans le feu. The war is over for the thousands gone, Eternal peace for the thousands gone, The end of pain and fear, The end of all desire, The end of pride and glory, All vanished in the fire. (Anon French Trad.) Alistair Irwin Author Hew Strachan Historial Adviser Trevor Royle Historical Adviser Kate Neville Extract from a letter written by Charles Neville to his parents on 11th November 1918 Wilma Shalliday Proof Reader To the best of our knowledge, all images in this booklet are in the public domain unless otherwise stated below. © Imperial War Museum Images on Front cover, pages 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 17 and back cover © British Museum Punch cartoon on pages 20 and 21 Map on inside front cover P Harris, Amiens to the Armistice, Brassey’s, London, 1998, page xiv (Map 1) Map on inside back cover C R M F Cruttwell, A History of the Great War, Oxford University Press, London, 1934 p 565 Designed by Wolffe www.WW100Scotland.com