'La mise au tombeau; descendu de la salle haute de l'Arc de Triomphe, ou il avait ete depose le 11 novembre 1920, le cercueil du Soldat inconnu est porte, le 27 janvier 1921, a son caveau definitif sous une voute laterale, face a l'avenue Kleber; la dalle qui va le recouvrir portera ces seuls mots: "Ici repose un soldat francais mort pour la Patrie -- 1914-1918"', 1920. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

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