Deteriorating situation for the Germans
The military situation for the Central Powers had been deteriorating rapidly since the Battle of Amiens at the beginning of August 1918, which precipitated a German withdrawal to the

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The Armistice was the result of a hurried and desperate process. The German delegation headed by Matthias Erzberger crossed the front line in five cars and was escorted for ten hours across the devastated war zone of Northern France, arriving on the morning of

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The Armistice was prolonged three times before peace was finally ratified. During this period it was also developed.
• First Armistice (11 November 1918 – 13 December 1918)

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Among its 34 clauses, the armistice contained the following major points:
A. Western Front
• Termination of hostilities on the Western Front, on land and in the

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The British public was notified of the armistice by a subjoined official communiqué issued from the Press Bureau at 10:20 a.m., when British Prime Minister David Lloyd George announced: "The armistice was signed at five o'clock this morning, and hostilities

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Many artillery units continued to fire on German targets to avoid having to haul away their spare ammunition. The Allies also wished to ensure that, should fighting restart, they would be in

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For the Allies, the personnel involved were all military. The two signatories were:
• Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch, the Allied supreme

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