WW I poster France World War I, French propaganda poster showing a soldier sitting on top of a hill, overlooking a valley and a bridge. The Germans had held St. Mihiel since the first battle at the Marne in 1914. In 1918, under the command of General Ferdinand Foche (1851 - 1929), the allied forces broke through the German hold. Original title: St. Mihiel. Artist: Maurice Toussaint (1882 - 1974) Lithograph poster, color; 104 x 76 cm. Cornille & Serre. Paris 1919.