<P> In the Battle of Amiens of August 1918, the Triple Entente forces began a counterattack that would be called the "Hundred Days Offensive". The Australian and Canadian divisions that spearheaded the attack managed to advance 13 kilometers on the first day alone . These battles marked the end of trench warfare on the Western Front and a return to mobile warfare . The sort of unit that now began to emerge combined cyclist infantry and machine guns mounted on motor cycle sidecars . These motor machine gun units had originated in 1915 (1). </P> <P> The Hindenburg Line fell to the Allies and the Canal du Nord was crossed . In Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm was told Germany had lost, and must now surrender . Advances continued but political developments inside Germany compelled Germany to sign an armistice on November 11, 1918 . </P> <P> The war was over, but a new mobility - driven form of warfare was beginning to emerge; one that would be mastered by the defeated Germans and deployed in 1939 as their blitzkrieg, or "lightning warfare", embodying all they had learned in 1918 . </P> <P> Infantry weapons for major powers were mainly bolt action rifles, capable of firing ten or more rounds per minute . German soldiers carried Gewehr 98 rifle in 8mm mauser, while the British carried the Short Magazine Lee--Enfield rifle . Rifles with telescopic sights were used by snipers, and were first used by the Germans . </P>

Select all the weapons that were introduced during the first world war