VICTORY DAY.
CftgAT REJOICINGS AT PARIS, itrnmomr decorations. tt Telttfajli.-'-Preu As*n.-«opjri£nt. Beceived July 15, 8.30 p.m. Paris, July 14. (Victory Day was celebrated with intense rejoicing. Immense crowds witnessed .the military procession. Marshals Fbch and Joffre, side by side, neaded Mfitingenta of all the Allies. Sir Douglas Haig headed 1600 British troops and flkWnes. Other famous generate particiIn a notable Spectacle, hundreds of eoiors of British regiments were borne eh masse. Special detachments of ftaards, Highlanders, and the Australian Contingent were warmly received. lltrshal Petain led the French troops. JFhere was an imposing ceremony when the gate* of the Arc de Triomphe were opened for tile first jtime since 1870, Mid th« French flag broken'out and guns *and tockets finld. . ftKor to the procession President Potoeare, JL. '■ dlwnenceau, aiid Marshal jtaw deposited wreaths on the cenotaph fa nttftory of the Men. Tha dfeoratioiig were the most magnificent lit living memory. The weather mt- nrptrt. Comparatively few people >lept on Sunday night, the city giving ' Hsilf up to rejoicihg.'-Aus.-NJZ, Qable
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1919, Page 5
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169VICTORY DAY. Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1919, Page 5
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