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La Liberation ...

La Liberation ...

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La Liberation …
The liberation. Piece by piece the brave Belgian soldiers take back their land from the usurpers.
Lithograph with hand colouring through stencils. Publisher: Tolmer & Co. November 1914.
Given by Sophie Gurney 1994
No. 22 from the series La Grande Guerre .


The French inscription with English translation:

LA LIBÉRATION. Lambeaux par lambeaux les vaillants soldats belges reprennent leur chère patrie aux usurpateurs.
Dans la parcelle de territoire que lui a laissée l’ennemi, le peuple belge se défend avec une suprême énergie et donne des leçons terribles à son rude adversaire. Les soldats belges ont confiance, ils savent qu’ils chasseront les Allemands et leur livrent une lutte opiniâtre et meurent plutôt que de leur abandonner le terrain reconquit. Le monde entier a les yeux fixés sur ce coin de terre et le considère avec admiration. Rien égale en effet la beauté de ces vaillants soldats et de leur chef, le roi ALBERT, cette noble figure qui représente l’âme de la nation belge (Novembre 1914).

THE LIBERATION. Piece by piece the brave Belgian soldiers take back their land from the usurpers.
In the fragment of land that was left by the enemy the Belgian people defended themselves with supreme energy and they give harsh lessons to their tough opponent. Belgian soldiers have confidence, they know that they will chase the Germans and deliver their stubborn fight, to die rather than abandon their regained territory. The whole world has its eyes on this corner of the earth and regards it with admiration. Nothing indeed equals the beauty of these brave soldiers and their leader, King Albert, this noble figure who represents the soul of the Belgian nation (November 1914).

P.25-1994

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