kanonenfutter

Updated: May 12, 2025

That was how she rushed us back almost to the gates of Paris. The organization, the readiness, the sixteen-inch howitzer helped; but it was the multitudinous Kanonenfutter that nearly snowed us under. The British soldier at Cambrai and Le Cateau killed and killed until his rifle was too hot to hold and his hand was paralyzed with slayer's cramp; but still they came and came.

Various - New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1: From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index