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WWI RAFT R .Newsletter Reporter of British Army A The Daily Express, newsletter Company F Letter T The situation, problems during the war.

August 17, 1914 Dear fellow Friends of my beloved // Daily Express //, The Germans have started the attack on our fellow Belgian nation. We are losing in the Battle of the Frontiers. Deaths and the loss of hope from all the nations are piling up, and the resistance of Germans of entering the country has become almost impossible. I just don’t know how long this resistance will go on, for our fellow Belgian citizens. Many of our soldiers have come to help with the defense against the strongest nation in the world, Germany, but it is still too little. The German military strength overwhelms ours, and from the generals Alexander von Kluck and Karl von Bulow, our fellow ally is falling into greater trouble day by day. I never thought that this day would come ; WAR between all over the continent. It's just unbelievable that the  Germans are  attacking first! Death counts have been increasing up by thousands and the days pass here in the capital of Belgium with terror and shock. The Germans entering to what I believe to be France, is currently blocked by our two militaries, but in a few days, they will be able to push their way through, to France. Please write an article to the  citizens that the British are trying very hard and that we will be able to hold them off. We cannot tell them of our loss in this country, for we will lose more people supporting for  us than we can  handle. Just write in the article that the deaths count is less than a  thousand. With the support, and the backup, I truly believe that we will win this devastating, terrible war,  caused by the Germans and the Austria-Hungarians, but as of the present, we are in deep trouble. We are in the position of losing Belgium, our ally to our enemy, but in the least, we have slowed down their march to the next country, France. As for the soldiers and citizens of this country,  the conditions are getting worse and worse. There is just not a sufficient amount of  food, money shortages, and because of the vast amount of resources depleting,  most of them have lost  hope and have seen the true conclusion to war; horror, hopelessness, and  death. What is needed from this horrible situation? I believe, the only way to get back to our lifestyles, would be to try to hold the Germans back in France,  so that they would get tired in trying to enter through Germany and later forfeiting, but I guess that is just my opinion. In the long run, our nation and the allies will likely win this crucial war, but at the moment, questions of doubt and the loss are rousing around my head. Right now, I am living a decent life compared to others, and please just write an article about the war to help the citizens calm down and to help them support for the cause. I will be staying here, and moving on to France, later on, recording the events that have happened here in the last few days.

Sincerely, Johnathan Rogers.