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It is my Royal and Imperial Command that
you...exterminate first the treacherous English, and...walk over General
French's contemptible little Army.
Wilhelm II (1859–1941),
German monarch.
Referring to the British Expeditionary Force.
Veterans of this force are known as "Old Contemptibles."
The Times (London) (October
1, 1914).