Marseillaise and Marseilles
The French language proved a little, too much for a Thames school boy describing the Allied vicsaid that the Marseillaise had been captured (reports, the Thames Star). the name, of the French national anthem is derived from that of its main port 5 and actually means an inhabitant of Marseilles. It was sung in Paris for the first time in 1792 by a band of men who came from Marseilles to help the. revolution.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 10, 22 September 1944, Page 7
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77Marseillaise and Marseilles Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 10, 22 September 1944, Page 7
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