A Russian soldier yanks German and Austrian soldiers by the ears like naughty children.
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Russian soldiers always look like beggars, dressed in rags, with a drunken face.
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“I want to be Napoleon!” says German Emperor Wilhelm II. “Well, we will help” is the Russian answer.
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Mobilization à la russe: alcohol instead of soldiers.
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A Russian polar bear forces Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph I of Austria to seek refuge in a tree.
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“Dear Fatherland, put your mind at rest” is the line from the German patriotic anthem, “Die Wacht am Rhein” (The Guard on the Rhine).
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The German Emperor is terrified by a Don Cossack attack.
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“Every shot — one Russian”
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“Russia stands for the truth”
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German and Austrian soldiers grapple with an eight-headed hydra.
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Bogatyr, legendary warrior of the Slavic folktales, beheads a three-headed dragon. The Austrian head is done; the German and Ottoman ones will shortly follow.
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“For our menagerie”: A Russian bear is captured for the Central Powers’ animal collection. Crawling under the bear’s paws is Russia’s humiliated ally, Serbia.
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“Over the edge”. By dragging the Ottoman Empire into the war with Russia, Germany and Austria in fact push it into the abyss.
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Each will get what they deserve. Belgium is already beaten, now its Russia’s turn.
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The German and Austrian leaders – these little dwarfs – will be flicked away like flies.
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