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“WW1 undated circa 1918 postcard entitled Livorno – Foriezza Vecchia to Vendee, France from French soldier with red circular 34 mm cachet of COMMISSION MILITAIRE FRANCAISE / GITE ETAPES DE LIVORNO / LA L’ COLONEL, COMMANDANT…….A very scarce item.. Following the Battle of Caporetto (24 October to 19 November 1917), the Italian Front collapsed. The allies launched the Italian Expeditionary Force (IEF) a joint Franco-British military force to reinforce the Italians under an agreement reached at the Chantilly Conference of December 1915 where it was agreed that should any of the allies come under threat, other allies would support them. The first French troops arrived on 27 October 1917 & British troops a few days later…………… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Expeditionary_Force “