New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-01-22

way we came through tVerdun again
II sure must have been Is pretty place
before the war but now it is badly bat
tered up by German shells. We went
about IS miles that day and stopped at
town by the name Of Mousey, north
west Of Verdun. There we stayed over
night and in the morning we went on
up to Montmedy, good sized town
and large fortress about 4 miles from
the Belgian border. There we stayed
for several days; slept in a large build
ing, which the Germans had used for q
hospital; was q fine place. We went
al through the fort, too, in which the.
Germans held prisoners Of war. It was.
also on a high hill with high and strong
palisades around it., lots Of underground
compartments with gun positions. That
part of France sure is beautiful. In
| TACT all Of France is nice but it can't
compare with the good old u. s. "A.
when it comes to living in a country.
So [ won't come back too soon to suit
me.
" From Montmedy we went on into
Belgium and stopped in town Of Au-
bange for three days about three quar-
| tiers of a mile from there was another
large town (Athem.) There are some
large factories and shelters. One Of
the smelters is in Belgium and another
in Luxembourg only several blocks apart.
We had permission to walk around and
take in the sights. We left Aubange,
Belgium, yesterday and arrived here in
| the northern part Of Luxembourg. On
our way up here we came through the
city of Luxembourg, the capital of the
Province of Luxembourg which is a very
nice city: Just before we came out of
| the city we went over q bridge which is
about 200 feet high, and then the road
! curves on down into the valley, the
prettiest country I've ever seen. This
is good place we have now, but not as
good as we have had in Belgium and
France. OF course we slept in many diff.
ferent places; first night in barn, then
in hospital, then in a school house,
then in blacksmith shop and now back
INTO barn again, but as long as it s
dry we are perfectly all right as we
have clothes and blankets enough to
keep warm. am in the best Of health.
Our new destination / think will be
Coblenz, Germany on the Rhine A for.
tress which we will hold but don t know
how long we will stay there.
Must close with the hopes Of hear
! ing from you soon.
Your Son and Brother.
THEODORE.
The following letter was received
recently by Ed. Giese from his son
Emil Giese who belongs to Co. c. 3l3
ANN. Train with the A. f. F.
CCSkI Il dtuCI
Well today is Father Day so
will have to write you a letter and tell
you a little about France. This is a
great country and we sure have travelled
some since we landed in France. Where
we are now they had been doing some
fighting; there are all kinds Of trenches
near by.
| first landed i'll Liverpool, England,
and from there we went to France On
the train we were loaded in box cars
and rode day and night; We were packed
in like sardines. It was a great thing.
In one of the towns where we stayed
we lived in stone houses; they must be
hundreds Of years old. We stayed here
two weeks then moved to another town
where We stayed only two days then all
Of US walked to a camp some thirty
miles away. In this camp We stayed
five weeks, then again we went on a
long trip in box cars, travelling five
days and four nights. This brought us
to the place we are at now.
II we. keep on going we viii land in
Germany pretty soon as we are close
to it now. But the war is over now and
We did not get to see anything of it
but III tell you these French people
surely went through some hard times.
Most of the French people look pretty
tough. Along the line saw a lot of
German prisoners. They feel very
happy that the war is over They said
if they could only get the Kaiser 50 it
would be over FOR sure.
/ Although the war is over l may be
here for a long time before will come
back. We can't tell when we will leave
here but | viii be glad to come back to
the states again.
l got a letter from Ed. and l know
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