Under date of Nov. 11 an order of similar purport issued by the same
army commander was made public:
Soldiers! The eyes of the whole world are upon you. It is now
imperative that in the battle with our most hated foe we shall
not grow numb, and that we shall at last break his arrogance.
Already he is growing pliable, (mürbe.) Numerous officers and
men have surrendered voluntarily, but the great decisive blow
is still to be struck. Therefore you must persevere to the
end. The enemy must be downed; you must not let him loose from
your teeth. (_Ihr musst ihn nicht aus den Zahnen lessen._) We
must, will and shall conquer!
At the same time the Bavarian Crown Prince had the "Song of Hate Against
England" of Ernst Lissauer distributed among the troops as an army
order. This poem, which was issued as early as Sept. 1 in the
"Kultur-Beiträgen," published by R. Dammert in Berlin, reads in full: