VICTORY DAY IN PARIS
A NOTABLE SPECTACLE i , f PROCESSION OF ALLIED I TROOPS j By Telfljitiph-'Preas Assoeiatlon-CopyrlnlH 3 \ • (Kec. July 15, 8.20 p.m.) Paris, July 14. s Victory Day was celebrated with in--1 tense rejoicing. Immense crowds witl uessed the military procession. Marshals s Foch and Joffre, side by side, headed cons tingents of all the Allies. Sir Douglas - Haig headed J 500 British troops and mai' rines. Other famous generals particij nated ill- the notable spectacle. H.un- - d\'eds of colours of British regiments - were borne en masse. Special detach. ; ments of Guards and Highlanders and an Australian contingent were 'warmly received. Marshal Petain led the Frencli troops. There was an imposing ceremony wlien the gates of the Arc de Tromphe were ooened for the first time since 1870, and the French flag was broken out) ■ and suns and rockets were 'fired. Prior to the orocession M. Poincare, M.' Clemenceau. and Marshal I'och deposited wreaths on a cenotaph in memory of the fallen. The decorations were the most . magnificent in living memory. The 3 weather was superb. Comparatively few j people slept oil Sunday night. The city . is giving itself up to rejoicing.—Aus.- ] N.Z.' Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 7
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197VICTORY DAY IN PARIS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 7
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