dampfer

Updated: May 17, 2025

The old newspaper woman at the Friedrichsstrasse corner is chanting it hoarsely, "Zwei englische Dampfer gesunken!" and they read that "the sands have run, the prologue is spoken, the curtain risen on the tragedy of England's destiny." Great days, indeed! Days of achievement, of utter sacrifice, and flinging all into the common cause.

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