Evidence: | '"Read that," [Major Cecil] said, when he came to where I was standing.
It was an envelope, an ordinary envelope, addressed in Cherry's handwriting to the O.C. A Battery. It was only orders for the day, but when I opened the envelope I saw there was only a single sheet inside, instead of the usual sheaf of papers. I opened it and read:
"Hostilities will cease from 11.00 hours today, November 11th."
"What does it mean?" I asked him.
"The War's over," he said.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 11 Nov 1918 | ||||||||||
Country: | France | ||||||||||
Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Patrick James Campbell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | n/a |
Date of Birth | 1897 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Artillery officer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | France |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Commanding Officer. |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Print: Orders for the day. |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 29115 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Patrick James Campbell | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Ebb and Flow of Battle | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1977 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 160 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Patrick James Campbell, The Ebb and Flow of Battle (London, 1977), p. 160, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29115, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
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