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Description: | Concept: military personnel, uniform, weapons, trench / defences, aircraft, propaganda, death, action Description: whole: the main image occupies the upper two thirds, held within a narrow black border. A smaller image is positioned along the bottom edge. The title is separate and positioned in the lower centre, in black. The text is separate and positioned in the lower third, in black. All set against a white background. image: the main image depicts a battle, with lines of French soldiers rushing towards the lines of the German infantry. Several French soldiers hold hand grenades in their raised right fist as they run. A dead soldier, still clutching his sword, lies in the foreground. Biplanes circle in the sky above. The smaller image depicts a sunrise. text: V. Prouvé 1918 LA RUÉE en 1914 La ruée sur Paris s'écrasa sur la Marne, et la ruée sur l'Yser aboutit pour l'ennemi à une sanglante défaite. en 1916 La ruée sur Verdun couvrit nos soldats d'une gloire immortelle. en 1918 La nouvelle ruée sur l'Ile de France, la Picardie et l'Artois, supportée avec le même héroïsme, nous vaudra les mêmes droits à la reconnaissance du monde civilisé et contribuera à la défaite définitive de l'ennemi. 'GLOIRE À NOTRE FRANCE ÉTERNELLE.' Imp. BERGER-LEVRAULT. Paris-Nancy [The onslaught. In 1914 the onslaught on Paris was crushed on the Marne, and the onslaught on the Yser ended for the enemy in a bloody defeat. In 1916 the onslaught on Verdun covered our soldiers with immortal glory. In 1918 the new onslaught on the Ile de France, Picardy and Artois, borne with the same heroism, will earn us the same rights to the gratitude of the civilised world and will contribute to the final defeat of the enemy. 'Glory to our eternal France.' Berger-Levrault, Printers, Paris-Nancy.] Object: sword, rifle, helmet, trench, aircraft, grenade | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Prouvé, V Printer: Imprimerie Berger-Levrault, Nancy, Paris, Strasbourg | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3253... | Go to resource |
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