R. C. Lehmann,
Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3827…
(19th and 20th century)
“ England is lapped in ease behind her ocean and will never fight again; Russia is distant and slow, and we can despise her; Belgium will never dare to deny us anything we care to ask. Let us make haste, then, and crush France to the earth for ever. ”
R. C. Lehmann,
Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3827…
(19th and 20th century)
“ You too, Sire, sanguine and impetuous as is your nature, are no doubt beginning to realise that a great nation—let us say France, for example—is not to be overcome by mere shouting and the waving of sabres, or by the making of impassioned speeches in which God, having been acclaimed as an ally, is encouraged to perform miracles for the benefit of the Prussian arms. ”
R. C. Lehmann,
Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3827…
(19th and 20th century)
“ I do not deny that your soldiers are brave and that your armies are well equipped; but Frenchmen too have guns and bayonets and swords and shells and know how to make use of them, and their portion of courage is no smaller than that of the Prussians, or even of the Bavarians whom you have lately been vaunting. ”
