War the Creator by Gelett Burgess

So much Georges told me; more he would not tell, at first, except that he thought the Germans stopped firing at about thirty meters distance, and began to sing the "_Wacht am Rhein_."

Now I have always wanted to know the details of a typical bayonet fight-just how the issue is decided, why a Frenchman might not win here, and a German there, and so keep the victory uncertain. That, in fact, was one of the things I went to Toulouse to find out. But, to get any vivid picture of that bloody encounter was impossible. Georges simply shook his head. "It was too horrible," he said.