Two Brothers Serving in France, item 53

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door, the latter looking into a little garden.

The houses are all little villas, with bedrooms

upstairs. Each house has a deep well somewhere

at the back, and we draw water by letting

down a bucket.  In peace-time, I fancy

this would be a very nice place to stay

in. The houses, of course, are in the 

meantime nearly all deserted, the inhabitants

having fled when the devastation com-

menced. Some houses are levelled to the

ground, some burned to a mere shell,

while others are all bespattered with

bullets and with great holes in the roof

and walls.  We are situated on the

outer edge of the town, where the houses

are not so badly damaged.

Our little company (about 200 men) are

billetted in groups round this street and

near at hand. My  section of about 60

occupy four or five houses, and we have

another house set apart as a cookhouse

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door, the latter looking into a little garden.

The houses are all little villas, with bedrooms

upstairs. Each house has a deep well somewhere

at the back, and we draw water by letting

down a bucket.  In peace-time, I fancy

this would be a very nice place to stay

in. The houses, of course, are in the 

meantime nearly all deserted, the inhabitants

having fled when the devastation com-

menced. Some houses are levelled to the

ground, some burned to a mere shell,

while others are all bespattered with

bullets and with great holes in the roof

and walls.  We are situated on the

outer edge of the town, where the houses

are not so badly damaged.

Our little company (about 200 men) are

billetted in groups round this street and

near at hand. My  section of about 60

occupy four or five houses, and we have

another house set apart as a cookhouse


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  • March 4, 2018 22:20:40 Stella Watkin

    door, the latter looking into a little garden.

    The houses are all little villas, with bedrooms

    upstairs. Each house has a deep well somewhere

    at the back, and we draw water by letting

    down a bucket.  In peace-time, I fancy

    this would be a very nice place to stay

    in. The houses, of course, are in the 

    meantime nearly all deserted, the inhabitants

    having fled when the devastation com-

    menced. Some houses are levelled to the

    ground, some burned to a mere shell,

    while others are all bespattered with

    bullets and with great holes in the roof

    and walls.  We are situated on the

    outer edge of the town, where the houses

    are not so badly damaged.

    Our little company (about 200 men) are

    billetted in groups round this street and

    near at hand. My  section of about 60

    occupy four or five houses, and we have

    another house set apart as a cookhouse

  • March 4, 2018 22:19:25 Stella Watkin

    door, the latter looking into a little garden.

    The houses are all little villas, with bedrooms

    upstairs. Each house has a deep well somewhere

    at the back, and we draw water by letting

    down a bucket.  In peace-time, I fancy

    this would be a very nice place to stay

    in. The houses, of course, are in the 

    meantime nearly all deserted, the inhabitants

    having fled when the devastation com-

    menced. Some houses are levelled to the

    ground, some burned to a mere shell,

    while others are all bespattered with

    bullets and with great holes in the roof

    an walls. We are situated on the

    outer edge of the town, where the houses

    are not so badly damaged.

    Our little company (about 200 men) are

    billetted in groups round this street and

    near at hand. My     ...      of about  ... 

    occupy four or five houses, and we have

    another house set apart as a cookhouse


  • February 9, 2018 11:17:13 Zamfirache Diana

    door, the latter looking into a little garden.

    The houses are all little villas, with bedrooms

    upstairs. Each house has a deep well somewhere

    at the back, and we draw water by letting

    down a bucket. In peace-time, I fancy

    this would be a very nice place to stay

    in. In houses, of course, are in the 

    meantime nearly all deserted, the inhabitants

    menced. Some houses are levelled to the

    ground, some burned to a mere shell,

    while others are all bespattered with

    bullets and with great holes in the roof

    an walls. We are situated on the

    outer edge of the town, where the houses

    are not so badly damaged.

    Our little company (about 200 men) are

    billetted in groups round this street and

    near at hand. My     ...      of about  ... 

    occupy four or five houses, and we have

    another house set apart as a cookhouse


  • February 9, 2018 11:17:02 Zamfirache Diana

    door, the latter looking into a little garden.

    The houses are all little villas, with bedrooms

    upstairs. Each house has a deep well somewhere

    at the back, and we draw water by letting

    down a bucket. In peace-time, I fancy

    this would be a very nice place to stay

    in. In houses, of course, are in the 

    meantime nearly all deserted, the inhabitants

    menced. Some houses are levelled to the

    ground, some burned to a mere shell,

    while others are all bespattered with

    bullets and with great holes in the roof

    an walls. We are situated on the

    outer edge of the town, where the houses

    are not so badly damaged.

    Our little company (about 200 men) are

    billetted in groups round this street and

    near at hand. My     ...      of about  ... 

    occupy four or five houses, and we have another house set apart as a cookhouse


  • February 9, 2018 11:16:38 Zamfirache Diana

    door, the latter looking into a little garden.

    The houses are all little villas, with bedrooms

    upstairs. Each house has a deep well somewhere

    at the back, and we draw water by letting

    down a bucket. In peace-time, I fancy

    this would be a very nice place to stay

    in. In houses, of course, are in the 

    meantime nearly all deserted, the inhabitants

    menced. Some houses are levelled to the

    ground, some burned to a mere shell,

    while others are all bespattered with

    bullets and with great holes in the roof

    an walls. We are situated on the

    outer edge of the town, where the houses

    are not so badly damaged.

    Our little company (about 200 men) are

    billetted in groups round this street and

    near at hand. My         of about 

    occupy four or five houses, and we have another house set apart as a cookhouse


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    Tony Burns Langenegger
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