Rishi Garg

Mr. Swan

U.S. History, 7th Period

29 October 2007

Letter to the Public

Hello, public. I have been commissioned to explain the progress of the

war to you. Britain has put up an exceptionally good fight and I believe that

we are winning.

The troops’ morale was extremely high all throughout this year.

Everyone was eager to fight, and not just Britain. All the major countries of

Europe were ready to battle, because they had not had a war for many

years.

The war started with the Germans invading Belgium on August 4th.

Those scoundrels were trying to get to France. Seeing as how France is our

ally, we naturally had to help. Our own British Expeditionary Force (BEP) met

the Germans in Belgium on August 23rd. We gave them a tough time, and

they did not progress any further.

Also, on August 20th, France tried to counter-attack Germany with an

invasion through Alsace-Lorraine. However, they lost, the poor souls. But

then to our surprise, Russia attacked Germany! Germany was forced to

remove 100,000 troops from Belgium and move them to the Russian front, so

that they would not be overwhelmed.

At the Battle of Ypres, we lost half as many soldiers as the Germans

did. Their Schlieffen plan completely failed. We seem to have the Germans

under control. Although the war doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, I trust
that it will be over by the end of next year, with a grand victory for the Triple

Entente.