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title: Journée de l'armée d'Afrique et des troupes coloniales (Day of the Army of Africa and the Colonial Troops), Fouqueray
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/journee-armee-afrique-troupes-coloniales-fouqueray-1917/
description: Colour lithograph of colonial infantry in a red chechia and other uniforms, bayonets forward, advancing under the tricolour behind a mounted North…
section: Collection
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# Journée de l'armée d'Afrique et des troupes coloniales (Day of the Army of Africa and the Colonial Troops), Fouqueray

Colour lithograph of colonial infantry in a red chechia and other uniforms, bayonets forward, advancing under the tricolour behind a mounted North African horseman in a red-lined burnous, with a line of Arabic script above and the title 'Day of the Army of Africa and the Colonial Troops' below. Transfer tell: the flag, the cavalry and the Arabic phrase 'in the cause of right, with France' attach the soldiers' courage to the French national cause.

- **Date:** 1917
- **Period:** [First World War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=wwi)
- **Made by:** Journée de l'Armée d'Afrique et des Troupes coloniales (French fundraising day); artist Charles Fouqueray, printer Lapina, Paris
- **Region:** [Western and Central Europe](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=western-central-europe)
- **Country:** [France](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=france)
- **Medium:** [Poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=poster)
- **Issuer type:** [Mixed](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=mixed)
- **Regime:** [Ribot Government](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=ribot-government)
- **Leader:** [Alexandre Ribot](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=alexandre-ribot)
- **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public)
- **Purpose:** [Fundraise](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=fundraise)
- **Themes:** [War and the military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=war-military), [Empire and colonialism](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=empire-colonialism), [Economy and finance](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=economy-finance)
- **Event:** [World War I](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=world-war-i)
- **Techniques:** [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division](https://www.loc.gov/item/99613621/), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (published Paris 1917, before 1931; LOC states it owns no rights and gives no restriction) Charles Fouqueray, Journée de l'armée d'Afrique et des troupes coloniales, Paris: Lapina, 1917. Library of Congress, POS - Fr .F68, no. 4 (C size) [P&P].

## Text on the object

Original (French) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
[Arabic, top:] في سبيل الحق مع فرنسا
[signature, lower right:] CHARLES FOUQUERAY 1917
JOURNÉE DE L'ARMÉE D'AFRIQUE ET DES TROUPES COLONIALES
[a small vertical imprint at the lower right margin is illegible]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
[Arabic:] In the cause of right, with France. [Signature:] Charles Fouqueray 1917. Day of the Army of Africa and the Colonial Troops.
```

The Arabic line is handwritten-style script and is read as 'fi sabil al-haqq ma' faransa'; the reading is a machine transcription, not checked by a fluent reader of Arabic. The tiny vertical imprint at the lower right margin cannot be read.

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