Marching

End of translator's preface.

Chapter one of A German Deserter's War Experience.

This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

Chapter one, Marching into Belgium.

At the end of July, our garrison at Koblenz was feverishly agitated.

Part of our men were seized by an indescribable enthusiasm.

The new and hard leather straps, the new stiff uniforms, rubbed against many parts of the body and made them sore, especially around the waist.

With great joy, we therefore hailed the order that came at two o'clock in the afternoon to halt before an isolated farm and rest in the grass.