THE CLARION CALL

This bugle was used by the French corporal-bugler Pierre Sellier of the 171st Infantry Regiment on 7 November 1918 at La Capelle to signal the end of hostilities. At around 8.20pm a group of four German generals and politicians crossed the frontline to negotiate the armistice of 11 November. Riding on the duckboards of their staff car was a German bugler who sounded the ceasefire as they drove by, but as they crossed into French lines Sellier took up his post to continue the message of peace.