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AFTER THE ARMISTICE.It was a proud day for <strong>Canada</strong>, for the Canadians, with SirArthur Currie at their head, led the column.The march over, the men were given the remainder <strong>of</strong>the day in London, getting back late that night to Bramshottto await the arrival <strong>of</strong> the Battalion. On May 4ththe <strong>72nd</strong> filed aboard the transport which was to conveythem to Southampton. As the last hawser splashed intothe stream and the lane <strong>of</strong> water between the ship andthe dock widened with the thrust <strong>of</strong> the screws, they realized that if France was receding from their view it wasa land <strong>of</strong> ineffaceable memories. It might be a long timebefore they saw itsshores again, but they could not forgettheir gallant comrades, not so fortunate as they, to whomthe joy <strong>of</strong> sailing for home would never come.187

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