Identifier: intrackofstormre01fran (find matches)
Title: In the track of the storm; a report of a visit to France and Belgium, with observations regarding the needs and possibilities of religious reconstruction in the regions devastated by the world war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Franklin, James Henry, 1872-
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Reconstruction (1914-1939)
Publisher: Philadelphia, Boston (etc.) : American Baptist publication society
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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The Village of Esnes, Back of Verdun
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The Cathedral at Chauny A JOURNEY INTO DEVASTATED AREAS Baptist church, whose walls were left standing, andthe military authorities have placed a roof on it fortheir own use. The house whose walls joined thechurch was completely demolished. I think I sawnothing in that area suggestive of furniture ex-cept a piece of the pulpit in front of the Baptistchurch. There was not even a picture-frame, nor abroken chair, nor a knife-blade. The Germans leftcomplete destruction there and elsewhere. In them-selves many of the spots would be almost as devoidof human interest to a visitor unacquainted withtheir story as are piles of sand in a desert. Eventhe wells were filled with stones if the water hadnot been poisoned instead. In Chauny I stood in front of what was the Hotelde Ville (city hall), and next I stood inside of whatonce was a splendid cathedral. All was as still asdeath. No person was in sight, besides our party.I have not heard a bird chirp all day. It is spring-time too, and I have w

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