PC_FrWWI_0079Postcard published to raise funds for the “Journée du Poilu” 1915.
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PC_FrWWI_0107The thought (pensée) of the allies in the form of a pansy (pensée) Images (clockwise from bottom left) : Albert I, King of the Belgians (1909-1934); King George V; Raymond Poincaré, President of France (1913-1920); and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1894-1917).
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PC_FrWWI_0125Presumably a reference to The Battle of Liège (August 1914). The Battle of Liège was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of the First World War. The attack on Liège, a town protected by the fortified position of Liège, a ring fortress built from the late 1880s to the early 1890s, began on 5 August 1914 and lasted until 16 August, when the last fort surrendered. The siege of Liège may have delayed the German invasion of France by four to five days. For a British perspective see PC_PunchWWI_0009 .