Wilhelm II,
Kaiser Wilhelm's Proclamation to the Army nearing defeat
“ For months past the enemy, with enormous exertions and almost without pause in the fighting, has stormed against your lines.In weeks of the struggle, often without repose, you have had to persevere and resist a numerically far superior enemy. Therein lies the greatness of the task which has been set for you and which you are fulfilling. Troops of all the German States are doing their part and are heroically defending the Fatherland on foreign soil. Hard is the task. ”
