The Germans and the Germans in Berlin

The streets were thrown in the air on all sides, cries of, long live the emperor filled the air. The French made a somewhat shabby first impression on some Berliners. One resident would later recall, quote, the first infantrymen entered. He was tall and thin with a pale face, covered in black scrubby hair. We were amazed at his garb. His cloth trousers were dirty and exceedingly torn. On his head was a small battered hat of an indescribable shape,. But pushed so far back and at such an insolent angle that the face and hat were, for us, the object of great amazement.