. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. Tl, devils own ) TRAINING IN TEMPLE GAKUENS. the question which every mnn was asi< was ready to take its place in the firing the storyutilised, it ofmav how line by the side ofits comrades inFrance, but itseemed unUUelyiliat the authoritieswould send outmen wiio were notcompletely trainedto confront sohighly organised afirst line Army asthat which Ger-many had put intothe field. The answer camesoon enough, butnot loo soon forthese keen youngmen, who withouthesitation had dropped their lu-crative em
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. Tl, devils own ) TRAINING IN TEMPLE GAKUENS. the question which every mnn was asi< was ready to take its place in the firing the storyutilised, it ofmav how line by the side ofits comrades inFrance, but itseemed unUUelyiliat the authoritieswould send outmen wiio were notcompletely trainedto confront sohighly organised afirst line Army asthat which Ger-many had put intothe field. The answer camesoon enough, butnot loo soon forthese keen youngmen, who withouthesitation had dropped their lu-crative emplo)mentand were, preparedfor whatever taskthe country put be-fore them. BeforeI go on to telltheir services were be well to go back to those. I . A THIRTY MILE MARCH IN THE MIDLANDS. 164 Kitcheners Army earlv days at Mons, when the Britisli Army,confronted by an enemy live times its size,was conductinj; the most heroic retreatwhich history records. We had at that time in the field between80,000 and 100,000 men, in itself a remark-able aciiievement. The mobilisation ofour available forces had been quite as rapidas that of Germanys. This may seemabsurd to any person who does not exam-ine all the circumstances. We had had tocall to the colours about 140,000 of theArmy Reserve, and these were grouped tosome 70 infantry battalions, 14 cavalryregiments, 8 Guards infantry regiments,7 brigades of Royal I lorse Artillery and ;^:^brigades of the Royal Field Artillery, with6 heavy batteries and siege gun companiesof the Royal Garrison Artillery. The lineregiments as they were could not take thefield without their reserves, nor would anyprudent War Minister despatch troopsuntil the last man of the very final battalionwas ready for the
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