FRANCE: WAR: Marshal Foch opens memorial monument to Louise de Bettignies, war time spy (1927)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Marshal Foch opens Memorial Monument to Louise de Bettignies . ( She spied for the Allies in world war one - she escaped the death sentence by dying in prison in 1918) Memorial unveiled by Marshal Foch on November 11, 1927 Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION - FRIEND OF THE ALLIES - MARSHAL FOCH SALUTES MONUMENT ERECTED AT LILLE TO LOUISE DE BETTIGNIES ,SENTENCED TO DEATH BY GERMANS AS A SPY FRANCE, Lille. Marshall Foch accompanied by other officers and dignitaries walk towards camera, Arab ?/ French foreign legion ? ) horsemen(?) following. monument (a structure built round three arches), surrounded by dignitaries, Arab horsemen in foreground. Marshal Foch and other officers and dignitaries (possibly including politican Georges Clemenceau - old man with white hair and walrus moustache ? ) stand in mourning. Marshal Foch and party walking away from
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