8
Saperlotte
(French Army jargon): denotes pleased surprise.
9
Staross
(Russian): Mayor.
10
C’est un bordel
(French): It’s a brothel.
11
Pas d’objections
(French): No nonsense.
12
Tovaritsch
etc. (Russian…German): Comrade, comrade, don’t shoot.
13
Stoi kto!
(Russian): Halt!
14
Piestre
(Russian): Faster.
15
Schwarzer Heinrich
(German): Slang for EK.I.
A WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON EBOOK
First published by in Great Britain in 1975 by Corgi
This ebook first published in 2010 by Orion Books
Copyright © Sven Hassel 1973
Translation copyright © Transworld Publishers Ltd. 1975
Translated from the Danish by Tim Bowie
The right of Sven Hassel to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.
All characters and events in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978 0 2978 6577 3
Orion Books
The Orion Publishing Group Ltd
Orion House
5 Upper St Martin’s Lane
London WC2H 9EA
An Hachette UK Company
www.orionbooks.co.uk