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TRANSLATION FROM " LILLE WAR GAZETTE , " 3rd MARCH , 1915 . ( This is a weekly newspaper , issued by the Germans in LILLE , in German ) . FIRE . ( BY LIEUTENANT - COLONEL KADEN . ) As children many of us have played with it : some of us have seen an outbreak of fire . First a small tongue - like flame appears , it grows into a devastating fury of heat . We out here in the field have seen more than enough of it . was born . But there is also the fire of joy , of sacred enthusiasm ! It arose from sacrificial altars , from mountain heights of Germany , and lit up the heavens at the time of solstice and whenever the home countries were in danger . This year fires of joy shall flare from the Bismarck Columns throughout the length and breadth of Germany , for on 1st April , just one hundred years ago , our country's greatest son Let us celebrate this event in a manner deep , far - reaching and mighty ! BLOOD AND IRON . Let every German , man or woman , yonng or old , find in his heart a Bismarck Column , a pillar of fire now in these days of storm and stress . Let this fire , enkindled in every German breast , be a fire of joy , of holiest enthusiasm . But let it be terrible , unfettered , let it carry horror and destruction ! Call it HATE ! Let no one come to you with " Love thine enemy ! " We all have but one enemy , England ! How long have we wooed her almost to the point of our own self - abasement . She would none of us , so leave to her the apostles of peace , the " No - War disciples . The time has passed when we would do homage to everything English- -our cousins that were ! " God punish England ! " May He punish her ! " This is the greeting that now passes when Germans meet . The fire of this righteous hate is all aglow ! You men of Germany , from East and West , forced to shed your blood in the defence of your home - land through England's infamous envy and hatred of Germany's progress , feed the flame that burns in your souls . We have but one war - cry " GOD PUNISH ENGLAND ! " Hiss this to one another in the trenches , in the charge , hiss as it were the sound of licking flames . Behold in every dead comrade a sacrifice forced from you by this accursed people . Take ten - fold vengeance for each hero's death ! You German people at home , feed this fire of hate ! You mothers , engrave this in the heart of the babe at your breast ! You thousands of teachers , to whom millions of German children look up with eyes and hearts , teach HATE ! unquenchable HATE ! You homes of German learning , pile up the fuel on this fire ! Tell the nation that this hate is not un - German , that it is not poison for our people . Write in letters of fire the name of our bitterest enemy . You guardians of the truth , feed this sacred HATE ! You German fathers , lead your children up to the high hills of our home - land , at their feet our dear country bathed in sunshine . Your women and children shall starve ; bestial , devilish conception . England wills it ! Surely , all that is in you rises against such infamy ? Listen to the ceaseless song of the German forest , behold the fruitful fields like rolling seas , then will your love for this wondrous land find the right words , HATE , unquenchable HATE . Germany , Germany above all ! Let it be inculcated in your children and it will grow like a land - slide , irresistible , from generation to generation . You fathers , proclaim it aloud over the billowing fields , that the toiling peasant below may hear you , tha the birds of the forest may fly away with the message : into all the land . that echoes from German cliffs send it reverberating like the clanging of bells from tower to tower throughout the country side : " HATE , HATE , the accursed English , HATE " ! You masters , carry the flame to your workshops ; axe and hammer will fall the heavier when arms are nerved by this HATE . You peasants , guard this flame , fan it anew in the hearts of your toilers , that the hand may rest heavy on the plough that throws up the soil of our home - land . What CARTHAGE was to ROME , ENGLAND is to GERMANY . For ROME as for us it is a question of " to be or not to be . " May our people find a faithful mentor like Cato . His " ceterum censeo , Carthaginem esse delendam " for us Germans means. " GOD PUNISH ENGLAND . " N.B .-- A copy of this newspaper was found on a German prisoner captured during the recent fighting at NEUVE CHAPELLE . It is of interest as showing the hatred for Great Britain which is being sedulously cultivated in Germany . This hatred is being encouraged and fostered officially by every possible means . BRAVE DEEDS WIN THE D.C.M Sergeant J. W. Chitty ( 9th Lancers ) , who repaired tele phone wires under heavy fire . yhes May 1915 . Lt. Gen. Sir H. Byng Commanding Cavalry Corps addressing the C. . said : - " No words of mine can express the admiration i feel for you all of course I always knew that the 9th would stick it out , but that does not in any way lessen my great admiration for the con duct of you all . You may publish any order you like , but nothing will adequately express what I feel about the Regiment . 9th Lancers , 30th May 1915 Extracts from Regimental orders ( letters received ) # I cannot sufficiently express my admiration for the gallant conduct of the 9th Lancers on May 24th inst . , and it is the source of the greatest pride to me to have them in my Brigade . " Brig . Gen , R. L. Mullins . Commanding and , Gav : Brigd . " Please give the following message fxxxxk to the Regiment from My admiration of the 9th Lancera 18 unbounded and of ali Regiments I place them absolutely first . " me , Major Gen : De Lisle . Commanding 1st . Cav . Division . " During a portion of the day the 9th Lancers nominally came under my orders , but as all telephonic communication was out it was impossible to communicate with you . I therefore , now take the opportunity of expressing to you my great admiration of the gallant conduct of the Regiment . " Brig . Gen : Greenly . Commanding . 9th Wav . Bdge . SPECIAL ORDER . Major Gen. ne . Lisle . On taking over another command wishes to convey to all Units of the 1st . Cavalry Division how highly he appreciates the fine work they have performed during the past seven months . During this period the Division has been actively engaged on many occasions under very trying circumstances . On no oceasion has the line been broken and the troops have invariably kept up the high est traditions of the British Cavalry . Major Gen. Be Lisle , regrets that the urgency of his transfer prevents him from bidding farewell to the Regiment and other units of the Division . |
