The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
From Manfred von Richthofen
Now I am within thirty yards of him. He must fall. The gun pours out its stream of lead. Then it jams. Then it reopens fire. That jam almost saved his life.
One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above.
My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.
We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.
In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.
Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck and daring.
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