Life in a German Crack Regiment

PREFACE

Lieutenant Bilse, Beyerlein, and Baron von Schlicht, the author of the present work, with their many less-known followers, have managed among them to create what may be regarded as a novel of a new species—the "critical" military novel. What is commonly called the "military novel," has, of course, long been known in Germany, but it differed considerably from the new species. The older military novel gave more or less lively pictures of camp, garrison and casino life, and the gay youn...