Leonce Patry, The Reality of War: A Memoir of the Franco-Prussian War

…the weather was atrocious. A frightful storm burst upon us. We camped literally in water…To cap our woe, there was no means to light a single fire. We had to imagine dinner.

Leonce Patry, The Reality of War: A Memoir of the Franco-Prussian War

…the weather was atrocious. A frightful storm burst upon us. We camped literally in water…To cap our woe, there was no means to light a single fire. We had to imagine dinner.