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French postcard celebrating the Allied victory at the Battle of the Marne with the Kaiser tumbling in the river, Germans (in green) fleeing. The French in blue and red advance and tend to German wounded. The British, France's ally, advance in the distance. Caption: Dans un élan magnifique, les armées allemandes on passé deux fois la Marne. Tout va bien. Les troupes sont fraîches. (Agence Wolff) Caption: With magnificent élan, the German armies have crossed the Marne twice. All is well. The troops are fresh. (Wolff Agency) Signs and text: On demande couturière pour recoudre les boches Voulez vous que j’écrive a vos parents? Poudres sèches pour la guerre future 1873 Sucre pastilles caramelle Baton provisoire de maréchal We need a seamstress to mend the Boche You want me to write to your parents? Dry powder for future war 1873 Caramel sugar lozenges Marshal’s provisional baton Reverse: "Artistic Caricatures" (1re Série de 6 cartes)

French postcard celebrating the Allied victory at the Battle of the Marne with the Kaiser tumbling in the river, Germans (in green) fleeing. The French in blue and red advance and tend to German wounded. The British, France's ally, advance in the distance.

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Caption:

Dans un élan magnifique, les armées allemandes on passé deux fois la Marne. Tout va bien. Les troupes sont fraîches. (Agence Wolff)



With magnificent élan, the German armies have crossed the Marne twice. All is well. The troops are fresh. (Wolff Agency)



Signs and text:

On demande couturière pour recoudre les boches

Voulez vous que j’écrive a vos parents?

Poudres sèches pour la guerre future 1873

Sucre pastilles caramelle

Baton provisoire de maréchal



We need a seamstress to mend the Boche

You want me to write to your parents?

Dry powder for future war 1873

Caramel sugar lozenges

Marshal’s provisional baton



Reverse:

"Artistic Caricatures" (1re Série de 6 cartes)

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Friday, September 11, 1914

"La bataille de la Marne s'achève en victoire incontestable."

Quotation Context

'The Battle of the Marne ended in indisputable victory' — Joseph Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, to French War Minister Alexandre Millerand, 2:00 PM, September 11, 1914.

Source

The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World by Holger H. Herwig, page 298, copyright © 2009 by Holger Herwig, publisher: Random House, publication date: 2011

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1914-09-11, Marne, Joffre, Battle of the Marne, 1914, September