German Students' War Letters by Witkop Philipp;Wedd A. F.;Winter Jay;

Author:Witkop, Philipp;Wedd, A. F.;Winter, Jay;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

October 12th, 1915.

The attack was terribly beautiful! The most beautiful and at the same time the most terrible thing I have ever experienced. Our Artillery shot magnificently, and after two hours (the French take seventy) the position was sufficiently prepared for German Infantry. The storm came, as only German Infantry can storm! It was magnificent the way our men, especially the youngest, advanced, magnificent! Officers belonging to other regiments, who were looking on, have since admitted they had never seen anything like it! In the face of appalling machine-gun fire they went on with a confidence which nobody could ever attempt to equal. And so the hill, which had been stormed in vain three times, was taken in an hour. The booty was greater than was stated in the Order of the Day.

But now comes the worst part—to hold the hill! Bad, very bad days are in front of us. One can scarcely hope to get through safe and sound. The French guns are shooting appallingly, and every night there are counter-attacks and bombing raids. Where I am we are only about 20 yards apart. Now, when one has again got through the easiest part of the attack, one shudders at the thought that one may be torn to bits by a shell in a trench, covered with dirt, and so end—in the mud and filth! We should all like so much to live a few months longer until an advance towards final victory has been made here.

The attack was glorious!

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