No longer the patriotic songs were heard through the camp.

Bronzed heads were bowed in sorrow and tears trickled down many a cheek.

Paul anxious to know the cause of the general depression, asked an officer what was the matter and received the answer: "Paris has fallen." Soon after came the news of the armistice and that no more fighting should take place for thirty days.

Notwithstanding the armistice and the conditions that neither army should move, the "Mitrailleuses" were advanced to a favorable point nearer the enemy and the heavy and constant drill resumed.
All expected that hostilities would continue at the close of the armistice.

The two armies lay within plain sight of each other.
Discipline was strictly enforced; several French soldiers were executed for neglect and disobedience of orders.