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WW1. BATTLE OF THE MARNE 1918. Speech by General Bernard de - Lot 588
WW1. BATTLE OF THE MARNE 1918. Speech by General Bernard de SERRIGNY, delivered on July 13, 1924 in DORMANS on the occasion of the anniversary of the Battle of the Marne. Typescript, 10 pages in-4°, with autograph letter to his cousin Bodard, also signed on the last page. In it, he recounts "a few episodes in the history of the Dear Division I commanded during the events of July 1918...". - General Bernard SERRIGNY (1870/1954) was promoted Grande Officier de la Légion d'Honneur on July 8, 1932. In August 1945, he gave evidence at the trial of Marshal Pétain. He died in 1954, leaving behind several books of wartime memories and reflections.
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