# Mort aux Boches — Now It Can Be Told character guide

> Mort aux Boches in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Boches, Boches

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

French slang for Germans, meaning 'Death to the Germans'.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xii)

The phrase 'Mort aux Boches' is scratched on a dud shell, reflecting French defiance.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/v)

The poilu refers to the German officer as a 'dirty Boche' and a 'pig of an officer,' reflecting the hatred toward the enemy.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xvii)

Referenced indirectly through the German doctor's lament about the war being against all civilization.

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