# Boche — A Yankee in the Trenches character guide

> Boche in A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a whaling big Boche, the Boche, The Boche

**First appearance:** 0005-ii-going-in

## Who they are

Derogatory French slang for a German soldier.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

Boche is a derogatory term for German soldiers, indicating a hostile enemy relationship with the narrator.

### [Kamarad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/kamarad)

_rivalry_

Boche and Kamarad are both German entities, but Kamarad may represent a surrendering or captured soldier, creating a complex dynamic of enemy and prisoner.

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

Boche is a derogatory term for German soldiers, indicating a hostile enemy relationship with the narrator.

### [Kamarad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/kamarad)

_rivalry_

Boche and Kamarad are both German entities, but Kamarad may represent a surrendering or captured soldier, creating a complex dynamic of enemy and prisoner.

## In the story

### [III: A Trench Raid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/iii-a-trench-raid)

A large German soldier who confronts the narrator on the parapet and is bayoneted.

## Links

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