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GERMAN DELEGATES ARRIVING WITHIN THE FRENCH LINES, TO SECURE TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE FROM MARSHAL FOCH. (FROM A DRAWING BY A FRENCH OFFICIAL ARTIST) One of the most dramatic events in history occurred when the German delegates, traveling in automobiles bearing the white flag, made their way to the headquarters of the Allied Generalissimo. There the Germans made their final advance, not as conquerors, as they had arrogantly boasted that they would, but as suppliants for peace, admitting their overwhelming defeat