bruja region to Bulgaria and the passesin the Carpathian Mountains to Austria - Hungary, and gave Germany a long - termlease on the Romanian oil wells. (Microsoft Encarta, 1996)On November 6, the German delegates left Berlin to apply for an armistice. Meanwhile, the Allied advance in the west continued, and, on the American sector at least,with fresh incentive. The Americans reached Sedan on the same day that the Germandelegates reached General Ferdinand Foch’s rendezvous. (Alistair Horne, 1970)The terms he laid down were severe - sufficient to cripple the German forces moredecisively than any battle. But the collapse of the home front, even more than the militarymenace in front and flank, ensured their acceptance. In any event, the stranglehold of theblockade was stifling to power of resistance, so the Germans had no choice but to sign. And at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 the war cameto an end....
