No War on the Other Side

After one of the battles, the French and German wounded and dead lay together at dawn near Blamont, many of the wounded awaiting the merciful touch of death. A French private handed his water bottle to a German officer lying beside him, who was groaning with agony and thirst. The officer drank, then kissed his enemy’s hand with the words of reconciliation, “There will be no more war on the other side.”