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 LIÈGE

THE KAISER AND BELGIUM

THE BATTLE OF LIÈGE

OW spake the Emperor to all his shining battle forces,

To the Lancers, and the Rifles, to the Gunners and the Horses—

And his pride surged up within him as he saw their banners stream!—