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1、SecondarySource#6Byline:ScottHowarth,November9,2008"Lestweforget.;Peopledisagreeabouthowwarisconducted.Wasthemansalutingintheforegroundaherooraseekerofpersonalglory?”ArthurCurrieatMons,November1918WhenwordofanimpendingceasefirewasreceivedearlyNov.11,1918,Lieut.‐Gen.SirArthurCurriewassittingi
2、nhisbathatCanadianCorpsheadquartersinValenciennes,France.About15kilometreseast,Canadiantroopswereengagedinmopping‐upoperationsaftercapturingtheBelgiancityofMons,wheremorethanfouryearsearliertheBritisharmyhadbeenforcedtoretreatinitsfirstbattleofWorldWarI.Thesymbolismwaslostonnoone.ThemayorofM
3、onstrumpeteditinhisarmisticeproclamation,Curriereferredtothe"historicbattlefield"inacongratulatorytelegramtooneofhisgenerals,andtheBritishenjoyedameasureofrevengewhentheirLancersjoinedCurrie'svictoryparade.Currieandhisentouragemadetheirentrancefourhoursafterthe11a.m.armistice.Thepictureshows
4、thegeneral(closesttothecamera)salutingastheliberatingforcemarchedtowardtheGrandePlace,thecity'smainsquare.NotseenarethebodiesofGermansstilllying"inthegutteranduponthesidewalks"fromintensefightingthepreviousday.Whileonehigh‐rankingmemberoftheprocessionlaterspokeofa"magnificentclimaxtoadayofre
5、joicing,"exhaustedsoldiersweremoresubdued,theirwar‐wearinesstemperingtheircelebration.OnlyoneCanadianwaskilledonNov.11‐Pte.GeorgePricewasshotbyasniperat10:57a.m.‐butatleast38othershaddiedinfightingthedaybefore.3Someofthetroopsliningthetownsquare‐veteransandvictimsofYpres,Vimy,Passchendaelean
6、dotherbattles‐resentedthecasualtiessufferedwiththeceasefiresocloseathand.Forsoldiersaccustomedtothesightandstenchofdeath,thisresentmentwouldfesteraftertheirotherwoundshadhealed.WhileCanadaeruptedinjubilationatthenewsfromMons,thelastshotsoftheGreatWarechoedforyears.CriticsandenemiesofCurrieat
7、homeconscriptedthememoryofsoldierskilledbeforethefallofthecityasproofthegeneralhad"needlesslysacrificed"theirlivesforpersonalgloryand"abitofbravado."SirSamHughes,theministerofmilitiabeforebeingforcedtoresignfromPrimeMinisterRobertBorden'scabinetin1
