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The march-past was a sight that must have made Mars clank his shield gleefully with his blade. The genial "papa" Joffre followed by Maréchal Foch came down from the passage through the Arc de Triomphe, after [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] a body of mutilated heroes had received the acclaim of the populace five minutes previously

The appearance of of the main column  was the cause of hats, sticks, handkerchiefs, being wildly thrown aloft while voices huzzah-d, women wept, hands clapped.

It was a pompous display of military triumph yet a dignity accompanied each representative