Behind the German Lines during the World War

Before 7 you set out on your way for Toul, come to my house and we shall drink a cup of coffee with my wife. While she is

1 Use definite article. 2 la vie. 3 Use devoir. 4 à.

5 la tête découverte. 6 Use faire.

7 Use the redundant ne and the subjunctive after this conjunction.

preparing it we can seat ourselves by l the chimney corner and smoke our pipes. Then, I shall tell you some of the events that took place during those sad days.

When I think of the terrors that my wife and 1 2 suffered during those four years I tremble like a leaf. The terrors of war are truly unbelievable. My sons were not with us. They were where their duty called them. And yet, during all that time we believed that they were dead or prisoners in the hands of the enemy.

How would you like to live in the midst of these rascally Boches and see them continually? Moreover, our friends and our allies made us suffer. This village was very important, and therefore it was bombarded very often. Your reconnoitering airplanes used to photograph the ground when it was sunny. The bombardments took place especially those nights when there was moonlight or stars.

How many nights we had to sleep in the dugouts ! We always went down there at the first alarm. That is the only way to protect oneself. We could hear the shell splinters strike the tiles of the roof. I assure you that there is nothing more terrible than those nights.

One night my poor wife had to wear her mask ten hours ! They3 had released asphyxiating gas and it entered into our dugout. We could not go out since the bombs and 4 shells were falling everywhere. So we remained where we were. I shiver when I think of those nights. How many times my wife had a narrow escape ! It is horrible. War is horrible.