—rlt is now believed that with the close of the war the entire line of trenches in France, extending from Alsace to the Belgian border, may be converted into a sort of national sacred forest as a permanent tribute to the. memory of the French "poilus" who died there defending their native soil. A proposition to this effect haa just been prepared by tho General Counoil of the Department of the Meuso, and will be submitted to not only France, but the entire world, which would always have the opportunity of visiting the line of trenches, over 600 kilometres in length, on which the French and British threw back the tide of German invasion at the battle of the Marne.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17089, 22 August 1917, Page 6
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