Marseillaise

The French revolutionary hymn, the poem of which was written and set to music during the night of April 24, 1792, by Rouget de Lisle, Captain of ‘Engineers, at Stra burg; first named by its author ‘‘ Chant de guerre de l'armée du Rhin”; but, soon after its introduction in Paris by the soldiers of Marseilles, it became universally known as ‘‘La M.”, or “ Hymne des Marse ill a is ",