<em>The Halifax Herald</em>, 13 August 1918 | The End of the War | From Vimy to Juno: Canadians Through Two World Wars | From Vimy to Juno: Canadians Through Two World Wars

Over the course of the Hundred Days Campaign the Canadian press relished in reporting Allied advances. Rumours of the collapse of the German army and the end of the war were rife throughout the summer and fall of 1918. Headlines denouncing the Germans and promoting Allied - particularly Canadian - successes are transcribed below.

Front page of an English language newspaper, the Halifax Herald. A small map shows the path of German U-boats along the east coasts of the USA and Canada. Relevant headlines have been transposed. — (*The Halifax Herald*, 13 August 1918, front page.)

*Major headlines relating to the end of the war are transcribed.*

HUNS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE GREATEST DEFEAT OF THE WAR: THEIR MENACE TO PARIS, AMIENS, CALAIS AND BOLOUGNE FOREVER REMOVED

The Use of Oil and Poison Gas is the Huns' Latest Diabolical U-Boat Murder Method on This Side of the Atlantic

Suffering From the Greatest Defeat of the War, Ludendorff is Desperately Trying to Stem the Tide of Allied Advance, But He Must Fall Back to Hindenburg Line

Hun U-Boat Paralyzes the Crew of an American Coast Guard and Lighthouse by the Use of Acres of Poisonous Oil and Gas

THE TRAIL OF THE HUN PIRATE (MAP)

Despite Enemy Reinforcements the Allies Continue to Make Progress, the British and Americans Gaining a Foothold in Bray and French Capturing Gury

Canadians' Brilliant Achievement in Long Night Marches and Jumping Into Somme Battle at Appointed Time

Canadians Achieved the Greatest Success in Their History, the Extent of Advance and Captures Made Being Far Greater Than What Was Anticipated in Earlier Reports

U-Boat Among Fleet Of 30 Fishing Schooners

French Troops Capture Important Town of Gury, Within Two Miles of Lassigny, Which is the Immediate Objective of the French In That Sector

Allies Make Further Progress Between the Somme and the Oise, Capturing the Village of Proyart, South of Bray, and Taking Thousands of Prisoners

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