That he will arm the German cat and dog
The Kaiser swears in language hot and heady;
He leaves the swine out of his catalogue
Because the swine, it seems, are armed already.
The Horrors of War.
"Another German officer prays for a decisive engagement which will put an end to bloody encounters. One evening he and his fellow-officers had to share between themselves a meal prepared for their men."—Times.
The records of the war have furnished many instances of physical hardship, but none more terrible than this.