The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-10-04

The following was taken from a
newspaper published in France and
sent to Nevada relatives by a Nevada
Doughboy, who is now fighting in
E.~ance.
Ion the Run, Somewhere in France"
Everywhere in France
"All the Time"
Dear Papa:
| am writing on der run, as der
brave and glorious soldiers under
my command have not seen der
Rhine for so long dat dey have start
ed back dat vay, and of course | am
nit dem. Oh, pap, dere has been
some offel dings happened here in
France. First, | started in my big
offensive which was to crush de fool
Americans, but dey know so little
about military tactics dat dey will
not be crushed just like / want 'em.
! sent my men in der fight in big
waves. and ven dey got to de Ameri-
cans dey all said boo" as loud as
they could boiler. Veil, according
to vat you have always told me, de
Americans have turned and run like
blazes. But vat do you tink? Dem
fool Americans don't knO anything
about war, and instead of running de
odder way, dey came right toward US.
Some of dem vas singing about I've
won't come back till it's over, over
dc.e," or some odder follish song,
and some of dem were laffing like
fools. Dey are so ignorant. But dey
are offel reckless NIT dere guns, and
ven dey come toward us it vas dat
my men took a notion dey wanted to
go back to de dear old Rhine. We
don't like de little dirty Marine river,
anyhow. And, oh, pap, dem Ameri-
cans use such Offel language. Dey
know noting of kultur, and say such
offel dings right before us. And dey
talk b~lasphemy, too. Vat you tink
dey said right in front Of my face!
One big husky from a place dey call
Missouri, he said - oh. papa, l nate
to tell you vat an offel ting he said
but | can't help it; he said, ITO hell
nit der kaiser!." Did you ever hear
anything so offel? didn't tink any
body would say such an offel ting. 1t
made me so mad. l wouldn't stand
and hear such an offel ting so turn
ed around and run NIT de odder boys
Vas | right? Vat? And, oh, papa,
YOU know dem breastplates vot you
sent us-can you send some to put
on backs? You know We are 60
ing de odder way, now, and breast
plates are no good, for de cowardly
Americans are shooting US right IN
der back. Some Of our boys took
off der breastplates and put EN- be-
hind, but de fool Americans are play
ing "De Star Spangled Banenr" mt
machine guns on dem plates. Can't
you help US? You remember in your
speech you said nothing could STAND
before the brave German soldiers!
Oh. papa, / don't believe desc ignor-
ant Americans ever read your speech
for dey run after us just like We a
a lot of rabbits. Vot you tink OF dot!
Can't you send dem some OF your
speeches right away? Dey don't
know how terrible W are. Can't you
move my army back to Belgium we're
We Won all our glory? My men can
vip all the vimmen and children vot
dem BelglanS a BRING US. but ueso
Americans are so rough and ignor,
ant. We can't make EN- understand
that we are the greatest soldiers on
earth, and ven We try to sing
"Deutchland Ueber Allies" dey laugh
like a lot of monkeys. But We are
getting de best of de Americans. we
can outrun dem. Papa, if We are
not de best fighters on earth we are
sure de best runners. Nobody can
keep up nit us when we tink of der
dear old Rhine, and my army never
did tink so much of dot dear old
river. Let me know right away vot
to do by return post office.
July 20 times.
CROWN PRINCE WILLIE.
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