The Great war .. . and the disposition of armies onthe continent necessitates at this point a brief notice of thesteps by which the British contingent took its place besidethe forces of its ally in southern Flanders. The concentration of the Expeditionary Force began onAugust 4th, and on the 11th King George went down toAldershot to bid them Godspeed. The concentration ofthis force was conducted with remarkable secrecy. Likea phantom it passed from the shore of Great a hint of its movements, of the point and date ofdeparture from England, or arrival on the continent, gotinto t
The Great war .. . and the disposition of armies onthe continent necessitates at this point a brief notice of thesteps by which the British contingent took its place besidethe forces of its ally in southern Flanders. The concentration of the Expeditionary Force began onAugust 4th, and on the 11th King George went down toAldershot to bid them Godspeed. The concentration ofthis force was conducted with remarkable secrecy. Likea phantom it passed from the shore of Great a hint of its movements, of the point and date ofdeparture from England, or arrival on the continent, gotinto the papers until its landing on French soil had beenaccomplished. Yet it was well known in Boulogne as earlyas the 8th that extensive preparations were being made forthe reception of the British. The Expeditionary force sailed from Southampton anddisembarked at Calais, Boulogne, Havre, and St. Nazaire. The following statement was issued by the British PressBureau on the 17th at night: Copyright, George Barries Map showing German advantage in strategic railways on the eastern frontier. The Mobilization of Military Forces 449 The Expeditionary Force, as detailed for foreign service,has been safely landed on French soil. The embarkation,transportation, and disembarkation of men and stores werealike carried through with the greatest possible precisionand without a single casualty. The scheme of mobilization both in France and Ger-many provided for the completion of the all-importantprocess at the expiration of twenty days with a regularsuccession of events occurring day by day within this givenperiod. Accordingly, the fixing of the starting-point, thedesignation of the first day of mobilization, is an indis-pensable feature of the order to mobilize. With thisvariable element once established, the rest moves withalmost automatic precision along predetermined lines. Within an hour or two after the decision of the centralauthority had been made, the order for mobilization hadbee
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