Speech by Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic (Arc de Triomphe, Paris - November 11, 2018) On November 7, 1918, when Bugle Corporal Pierre Sellier sounded the first ceasefire at around 10 a.m., many soldiers couldn`t believe it; they then emerged slowly from their positions while, in the distance, the same bugle calls repeated the ceasefire and then the notes of the Last Post, before church bells spread the news throughout the country. On November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m., 100 years ago to the day and the hour, in Paris and throughout France, the bugles sounded and the bells of every church rang out. It was the Armistice. It was the end of four long and terrible years of deadly...
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