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Foreign News
January 10, 1922
Atlanta Tri Weekly Journal
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
The Touring Club of France has placed the first of 240 boundary stones at Chateau-Thierry to mark the 1918 line where German forces were halted. The granite stone, inscribed with a victory message, depicts a gas mask and wine flask symbolizing Allied success.
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The first of the 240 boundary stones being erected by the Touring club of France along the line where the German advance was checked in 1918 has been placed at Chateau-Thierry, according to a Reuter dispatch from Paris in the Westminster Gazette.
Standing five feet high, the stone is of Alsatian granite, and bears the words:
"Here the invader was thrown back in 1918."
On the sides of the stone are sculptured the figures of a gas mask and a wine flask, two of the accessories that helped the allies to gain the victory.
The first of the 240 boundary stones being erected by the Touring club of France along the line where the German advance was checked in 1918 has been placed at Chateau-Thierry, according to a Reuter dispatch from Paris in the Westminster Gazette.
Standing five feet high, the stone is of Alsatian granite, and bears the words:
"Here the invader was thrown back in 1918."
On the sides of the stone are sculptured the figures of a gas mask and a wine flask, two of the accessories that helped the allies to gain the victory.
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Military Campaign
What keywords are associated?
Boundary Stones
Chateau Thierry
1918 German Advance
Touring Club France
Alsatian Granite
War Memorial
Where did it happen?
Chateau Thierry
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Chateau Thierry
Event Details
The first of 240 boundary stones erected by the Touring club of France along the 1918 German advance check line has been placed at Chateau-Thierry. The five-foot-high Alsatian granite stone bears the inscription 'Here the invader was thrown back in 1918' and features sculptures of a gas mask and a wine flask.