On 04th November at 3.00 pm all war operations ceased and the end of the Great War was declared. Armando Diaz released a dispatch which celebrated not without rhetoric the victory that had been achieved against "one of the most powerful armies in the world."
Before the armistice came into force, the army continued to pursue Italian territories that were lost during the previous year; the towns that were brought back in this way included Tolmezzo and Chiusaforte on the Carnic and Julian Alps while, after leaving Udine, the soldiers made their way to Cividale, Buttrio, Manzano and Cormons. Further south, in the plains they entered he fortified city of Palmanova, Mortegliano, Cervignano and Grado, near the mouth of the river Isonzo.
The Italian army did not reach localities on the left bank of the Isonzo while in Alto Adige there were still several kilometres left to reach the Brennero Pass that was considered as Italy's natural border. Peace did not, however, presume that it was impossible to go ahead with the advance but only to cease all combat. In the following days this led to other towns that were brought back after they had been abandoned by the Austro-Hungarian authorities.
Two months later, on 18th January 1919, peace talks commenced in Versailles.
