tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768259291370607121.post5242759450325888509..comments2023-03-29T23:36:52.482+02:00Comments on The war diaries of Dieter Finzen in both world wars: 19. Mai 1918Dieter Finzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06564917834898528473noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768259291370607121.post-68422430415330881412011-06-16T08:36:21.768+02:002011-06-16T08:36:21.768+02:000530 hours in the morning our march continues, lea...0530 hours in the morning our march continues, leading us through an area very well known to us. Via Masnières and the Schelde channel we reach Rumilly. But how much did the familiar village change! Many houses lie in ruins. And only the last summer the village looked so peacefully. But the lovely village suffered a lot during the winter fighting for Cambrai with the Englishmen. The village in which I had spent such a beutiful and long time, now it lies there dead. And you, poor Senée, how might you be, where are you now? Should you ever come back to your home, you might well find your house again, but in what a state!<br /><br />We march on to Cambrai where we meet the first civilians. The war also raged this beautiful city. The inhabitants that are left accomodated themselves into the cellars, installed ovens and bricked the windows. This way, they search for shelter from the frequent air raids the city has to endure. At noon, we reach Cauvoir and take our quarters in the sugar factory.Thomasnoreply@blogger.com