Germany’s Great Mistake
The Paris Matin ” tells the following story of Captain Stempel, Aide-de-Oamp to General von Emmich. He was having dinner with Dr Langer, head physician of the hospital at Liege. The doctor said that the Germans would soon be driven out of Belgium. “ Quite so, ” replied Captain Stempel, “ but it is no good reminding me the whole time that the day will come when we shall have to give up our beautiful country. I am quite aware of the fact, and have no illusions whatever. I know, and our higher command knows, that we have lost the rubber. But it is the fault of the higher command, who at the beginning of the war were confident on a speedy victory and without counting the odds sent our best troops to their doom. We sacrificed too many troops at the beginning. It was a great mistake. ”
The “ Matin ” says that this story was told by someone who was dining at the next table to Captain Stempel and Dr Langer and who returned to Paris via Holland and England.
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Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 16 July 1915, Page 3
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179Germany’s Great Mistake Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 16 July 1915, Page 3
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