WWI American
Immigrant Poetry
MONDAY—FROM PARIS.
Von Kluck’s army is annihilated!!!
The victory cannot be overrated.
It was a terrible, deadly strife;
Not a single German escaped with his life,
In one word, as already stated,
Von Kluck and his men are annihilated.
TUESDAY—FROM LONDON.
The victory we won was glorious!
On the whole line we were victorious.
The enemy’s General Von Kluck
Had to give in to British pluck!
Therefore to us his sword he tendered
And he and all his men surrendered.
WEDNESDAY—FROM ROME.
The final decision of this campaign
Was yesterday reached on the River Aisne;
A movement on the British right
Put the left wing of the foe to flight.
The Germans are beaten, pursued and hounded,
Von Kluck’s army is now surrounded.
THURSDAY—FROM COPENHAGEN.
The British Embassy indorses
The following news: The Allied forces
Have beaten the brutal invaders back,
Pursuing the fleeing in their track.
The beaten foe—Von Kluck in the lead—
Are running away with the greatest speed.
FRIDAY—FROM PARIS.
We hold a fortified position,
And now expect the final decision.
Von Kluck’s onslaughts on the Allies
Have cost the Germans an awful price.
But our defence is still unshaken,
Our fortified hills cannot be taken.
SATURDAY—FROM BERLIN VIA WIRELESS TO SAYVILLE, L. I.
The army of General Von Kluck won a decisive victory
on the Aisne over the combined French and English
forces. About forty thousand prisoners and five hundred guns fell into our hands.
The enemy is in full retreat and pursued by our cavalry.
Von Stein. General Quartermaster.