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Show ELeace, Rejoicing Come to Replace Tumult of Battle By Associated Prasa. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN BELGIUM, Nov. 12. Peace descended like a mantle over the fattlefront at 1 1 o'clock yesterday morning. The last big jjun crashed its challenge and a great,, overpowering quiet replaced turmoil, death and destruction. Almost coincident -with the signing of the armistice by the desperate enemy the city of Mons capitulated before relentless British pressure. On this hallowed ground the troops now are resting on their arms, happy in the thought of the fitness of their final triumph. They had driven the enemy nut bv the same (atewsy through which Kleld Marshal Von Buelow and Field Marahal Von Kluclc hurled their treat armlea against tha valiant llttla'forca of "con-temptlblea" "con-temptlblea" In 1114. 'Ida pupulailun nr Muni jesteidaj paraded tha alreeta. . cheerlne madly their deliverer. Their glad crlea muat have reached the eara of the f;ermana outalda the walla of the town. "CEASE FIRE!" Karly In tha morning a criap. graphic graph-ic order to ceaae fir at 11 o'clock waa diatrlhuted to all unit with a further order to maintain defenalv precau-tlona. precau-tlona. and to have 'no Intercourse with the enemy. Tha advance continued, the gun racing forward to the advance batterlea. aeeklng th honor of firing the final ehnt. I'unctuallv at 11 o'clock the firing stopped. Meet, of British airplanes dropped ahowera of algnal lights which descended with the momentous message mes-sage to those below, There waa joy In plenty among tht Brltlah troopa at the firat blush of peace, but there waa little In the nature na-ture of demonetrationa. Tommy Atklna was unahle to realize that the announcement an-nouncement was true, although his heart waa burning with the hope of going go-ing back to his wife and baby In "Blighty." Ho he stood and waited for something to hsppen. lis knew not what. PIPERS LEAD PARADE. This could not be the end sfter all tha shambles and horror he had been through. One of these tattered and mud-caked mud-caked veteiana came to the correspondent's corre-spondent's automobile and as ha saluted sa-luted asked faltering)): "Is It all .over?" Being reassured, he sped hack to his companions to communicate the wd newa. In he afternoon the celebrations celebra-tions and rejoicing were making the old town of Mnna vibrate. Kanda of pipers led marching thou&amln about ' th city The reception aiven the Canadian commanders, who entered ' Mons in the middle of the afternoon, waa similar In its heartiness to the scenes In Valenciennes snd other liberated lib-erated towns. |