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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 141195, member: 56&quot;]As near as I can make out, it says something along the lines of:</p><p><br /></p><p>For my France, I am the invincible rampart</p><p>For the Germans (Boches), I am maddening terror</p><p>I thunder, I spit, I ring from all sides</p><p>I defend those passing, it is my mission of honor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently it is an inscription from the marble base of a bronze monument in Amiens.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The script say &quot;soixante-quinzes&quot;, which translates as 75.&nbsp; Perhaps something to do with the Franco-Prussian war?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the Amiens reference, which really doesn&#039;t make much sense to me:</p><p><a href="http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/La_Musee_et_LEncyclop2Edie_de_la_Guerre_Recueil_Mensuel_Illustre_de_1200077520/141" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/La_Musee_et_LEncyclop2Edie_de_la_Guerre_Recueil_Mensuel_Illustre_de_1200077520/141" rel="nofollow">http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/La_Musee_et_LEncyclop2Edie_de_la_Guerre_Recueil_Mensuel_Illustre_de_1200077520/141</a></p><p><br /></p><p>De ma France je suis l&#039;invincible rempart Et des Boches je suis l&#039;at&quot;olante terreur Je tonne, je cache, fauche de toute part.. ... Je d&quot;fends quils pa-isent; c&#039;est ma mission [d&#039;honneur, tel est le quatrain qui se peut lire, grav&quot;tions actuelles, telles quelles se pr&quot;sensur plaque, sur le socle en marbre sculpt&quot;, d&#039;un bronze d&quot;cor&quot; portant pour titre: * Notre yj en miniature &quot;, &quot;dit&quot; par bien des fois, n&#039;est qu&#039;un &quot;ternel recomFlinois-Trouille, a Amiens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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