Document 2 Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle a French captain

Last updated: 5/20/2023

Document 2 Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle a French captain composed this patriotic song during the French Revolution It s the ultimate anthem of defiance Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a captain in the French army and composed this song after Austrian and Prussian troops invaded France in an attempt to quell stop the revolution La Marseillaise Come children of the Fatherland Our day of glory has come Against us the bloody flag of tyranny is raised The bloody flag is raised Can you hear in the country The shrieks of those ferocious soldiers They come to our very arms la reva 1071 To slaughter our sons and our wives To arms citizens Form your battalions March Forth March Forth M Let their impure blood water our fields Sacred love of the fatherland Guide and support our vengeful arms Liberty beloved liberty removed no edicent owT Fight with your defenders Fight with your defenders Under our flags so that victory Will rush to your manly strains That your dying enemies Should see your triumph and glory To arms citizens Source Olivier Bernier Words of Fire Deeds of Blood The Mob the Monarchy and the French Revolution Boston 1989 Ingumont explain the point of view Oliver Bernier had on the French Revolution 1