After the Armistice, the triumphal entry of the French Troops. (November 19th 1918).
THE LIBERATION
Metz after the signing of the Armistice.
When the Armistice was signed on November 11th, the American artillery was within range of the forts of Metz which they had already bombarded several times, and the troops were all in position for the offensive fixed for November 16th.
Distribution of the first French newspapers on November 19th, 1918.
The Place de la République and the corner of the Rue Serpenoise.
(Cliché Prillot, Metz.)