The lieutenant involuntarily ground his teeth, gave a deep sigh, took out from his coat a copy of Bohemie and read reports of the great victories and the activities in the Mediterranean of the German submarine 'E But when he got to the news of a new German invention for blowing up towns by special bombs dropped from aeroplanes which exploded three times in succession, he was roused by the voice of Švejk addressing himself to the bald-headed gentleman:
Tenienteak, nahi izan gabe hortzak karraskatzen zitzaizkiolarik, hasperen egin, berokitik "Bohemia" egunkaria atera eta albisteak irakurri zituen garaipen handiez, E itsaspeko alemaniarrak Mediterraneo Itsasoan burututako ekintzaz, eta sorkari alemaniar berri batez, zeinak hiriak suntsitzeko balio baitzuen, hegazkinetatik jaurti eta hiru aldiz lehertutako bonba berezien laguntzaz. Azken berri honetara iritsi zenean, Xveiken ahotsak kendu zion hitza, jaun burusoilari hitz egiteko: