FOUCAULD (Charles de). Autograph letter signed. Tamanrasset - Lot 108

FOUCAULD (Charles de). Autograph letter signed. Tamanrasset [in the southern Algerian Sahara], October 27, 1914. Unep.1/2 in-8. "Monsieur, every day surprises us with bad news for France; and the announcement of our army's victory in THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE comforts us and eases a little the pain we felt for the loss in that dark month of August of thousands of our brave men. HOPE RENEWS, we must have confidence in France and its military leaders. Keeping a victor's morale will save France, and victory cannot escape us. Far from the front, our hearts are with our front-line fighters. MAY THE LORD HEAR OUR PRAYERS and guide our leaders to final victory. VIVE LA PATRIE! VIVE LA FRANCE!..." Father de Foucauld settled here in 1905 to lead an eremitical life, and was killed in 1916. Expert: Pierre GHENO and Alain NICOLAS