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War correspondent letters from Toul France March 24 1919
Corporal Glenn R. Bret writes from Toul detailing ground photography behind the Hindenburg line including Metz forts. He describes French river power, canal freight by women and children, a diagonal steel bridge, and hopes to return home soon. He recalls Paris leave, French farm life, and postwar recovery.
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Toul
France
England
Hindenburg Line
Metz
No Man’s Land
Alice
St. Mihiel
the Doubs
Peugeot
Pont de Roid
Beulieu
Valentigny
Audincourt
Canal de L’est
Moselle
Nancy
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Treves
Trier
Rhine
Coblenz
Bingen
White Water
Paris
London
New York
United States
Verdun
Corporal Glenn R. Bret