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The first message, which was dated April 20th, read: "Steamer Rhein reports passing wreckage and bodies 42.1 north, 49.13 west, eight miles west of three big icebergs. Now making for that position. Expect to arrive 8 o'clock to-night. Have been considerably delayed on passage by dense fog. After receiving these messages Mr.
"Slowly feeling its way, the train crept over the Brenner it took twelve hours; in Innsbruck the station was crowded with Germans to welcome the warriors, and the ancient hills echoed again and again the 'Wacht am Rhein. The solemnity which had marked the first days in Munich had given place to boisterous joy.
Vergil, it would seem from these lines, was given sick-leave and permitted to go back to his studies, though apparently taunted for not later returning to the army. The verses were written before 46 B.C. when the collegia compitalicia were disbanded; Birt, Rhein.
A picturesque panorama of the vine-clad banks of the Rhine with its romantically situated castles reminiscences of feudal times formed a portion of the German wine cellar exhibit; also comprising an excellent display of Rhein- und Moselweine.
Wounded in arm and while creeping back hit five times in fifteen minutes. Lay all afternoon in trenches." "I think those are the three who came in together one night, all singing 'Die Wacht am Rhein'; they all had the Iron Cross. They were a noisy lot. They all got well and went back to the front again."
The band was playing, the men were chanting the battle hymn of the empire; out of the heart of the foundering cruiser, out of the souls of the passing warriors rose triumphantly, "Die Wacht am Rhein." Sudden tears filled the eyes of the American and dimmed the splendid sight. He turned impulsively to his friend. "Caradoc! My God!" he screamed in his ear, "why don't they quit firing!"
In this respect emphasis should be laid on the fact that under these rules the hostile act of any civilian places him in the same position as a spy. His recognized sentence is death by court-martial. The Germans entered Louvain with bands playing, and singing in a great swelling chorus: "Die Wacht am Rhein" and "Hail to the War Lord."
Socrat will be there, and we'll have a sort of farewell service." "Fine!" exclaimed the German. "Und we vill sing 'Der Wacht am Rhein!" "And maybe the 'Marseilles, too," added Jack softly as he went to deliver a note written in German to Mr. Socrat. The missives had cost him and the other boys no little thought.
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