If that's so they won't retreat much further.

The pride of the Germans is too great, and their army is too powerful for them to yield much more ground to us." "I think you're right, or about as near right as an Englishman can be, Carstairs," said John.

"What must be the feelings of the Emperor and the kings and the princes and the grand dukes and the dukes and the martial professors to know that the German army has been turned back from Paris, just when the City of Light seemed ready to fall into their hands ?" "Pretty bitter, I think," said Carstairs, "but it's not pleasant to have the capital of a country fall into the hands of hostile armies.

I don't read of such things with delight.

It wouldn't give me any such overwhelming joy for us to march into Berlin.