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New Zealand Tablet, 25 March 1920, Page 28

The first anniversary of tho signing of tho Armistice witnessed an inspiring ceremony at Lourdes. A great military pilgrimage was undertaken by tho Allied armies in thanksgiving for victory. Long lines of uniformed soldiers knelt in prayer along the banks of tho ■ Gave. Twenty generals and thousands of men from France, the British Empire, Belgium. Italy, and America under tlm direction of the venerable Cardinal Lucon, tho dean of the French Cardinalate, and Archbishop of Rheirns, made their thanksgiving to God as Ho passed above them in the procession of tho Blessed Sacrament. A Solemn High Mass of Requiem was offered up for the repose of the soldiers who have fallen. The amphitheatre of the Pyrenees resounded with the prayers of thanksgiving for. victory, and with prayers for a lasting peace. It was an historic and dramatic occasion. . . -