At Potsdam 74-year-old General Cixt von Arnim opened proceedings incident to the unveiling of a War monument, as follows: "I have the high honor, which His Majesty the Emperor and King entrusted to me, to dedicate this memorial to the Guard Regiment of the Empress Augusta Victoria. . . . The chief duty for us all is the fulfillment of our duty and loyalty to the articles of war and the oath to the flag which we swore to His Majesty."
The General then unveiled the monument, revealing a fallen soldier with...
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