Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1912 — The Marseillaise. [ARTICLE]

The Marseillaise.

There is a certain irony in the fact that the town which produced the “Marseillaise” is now German territory. The song dates from April 24, 1791, when Rouget de Lisle, then quartered at Strasburg as captain of engineers, composed it in response to the mayor of Strasburg's reguest for a patriotic song. * At Strasburg the song was printed under the title, "Chanty de Guerre pour I’Armee du Rhine." It owes Its present title to the volunteers from Marseilles, who sang it as they marched on Paris.