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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