On October 16, 1938, the news made the rounds of all the editorial offices. Of Paris-Soir au Little Parisian , not a newspaper that will not devote a headline to a “famous death”… that of a dog. Flambeau is dead. It is The Little Dolphin who announced it first. Logically, he was Savoyard. Moreover, while the rest of France remembers him, at the bottom of the Maurienne valley, the eyes of humans are wetter than elsewhere.
Flambeau was heroic during his career! Career yes, because the brave beast served the Alpine hunters without ever putting a paw aside. So in the Scout section of the 99th RIA, we “mourn the faithful companion whom neither winter nor snow could stop”. So faithful that from Lanslebourg, where he was enjoying his “retirement”, he went up alone to Fort Sollières to come and die next to the military barracks…
“From the lineage of these Alpine soldiers who serve until their last breath”
And…
2023-10-14 18:22:07
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