WWI postcard?

This postcard is a bit of a mystery. It's from my collection of cards from the early twentieth century, most of which date around 1910-1912. This one has a handwritten date of April 6 but no year and no postmark, so it was probably sent inside a letter, and from the context, I believe it must date from World War I, possibly after the Armistice when the American Expeditionary Force was preparing to leave.

One of my grandmother's brothers brought home a beautiful set of rose-pattern Havilland china from his stay in France during the Great War. I inherited it from my mother; the advantage of being the last of the family -- I got everybody's stuff. The card isn't signed, but I presume it comes from that great uncle (last name, Meyers or Myers) simply because I don't know of anybody else on either side of the family who was in Europe at the time.

The caption reads: Tailly / Zum Lazarett umgewandelte Kirche. I've identified three French cities named Tailly: one on the Cote d'Or, one in the Somme, and one in the Ardennes. I think I can rule out the Cote d'Or -- this has to be somewhere near the fighting, and somewhere pretty close to Germany because the rest of the caption is in German -- it translates as "a military hospital in a converted church." The Tailly in the Ardennes is closer to Rengsdorf, Germany, which is the name of the town that the card was evidently sent from -- it's written above the date.

The message reads:

Dear Friends

Well we pack up
All of our things Monday
For the first time in a long
Wile and we must do this
Every day untill we leave
Here they say the weather
Is fine and I say Good Luck to
All

It sounds to me as if this was written by a soldier. Do you agree? Also, do you have any idea why the picture of a church in a French town would have a German caption and be sent from a town in Germany?

The card was printed by a German company, Schaar & Datke, located in Trier.

Comments

[blandfordg]

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[darodes de tailly]

Dear webunknown,i know very well this church of Tailly and its story during the WW1. Your feeling was right! Actually, this village is located at the North east (department of Ardennes) in France and not so far from verdun (40 km south). This village was occupied by german soldiers from 1914 september to 1918 and was liberated by the american 355th infantery regiment on november 3rd. During WW1, the village was transformed on a large infirmery place where the wounded german soldiers recieved medical care and rest (most came from Verdun battle). My family name is Darodes de Tailly living there since year 1742 and we hope to have contributed to solve the "mystery of your post card". best regards and sorry for my english.

[jolisykes]

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