. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. under von Hansen, thefourth under the Duke of Wurtemburg,the fifth under the Crown Prince ofPrussia, the sixth under the CrownPrince of Bavaria, the seventh under vonHeeringen, and the eighth army, which wasmerely temporarily formed, was known asthe Army of the Meuse and was undervon Emmich. Von Emmichs Army was immediatelyready for service the moment war was de-clared, and stationed, as it had been beforethe outbreak, a short distance from the Bel-gian frontier, it had during the later days ofJuly been bro
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. under von Hansen, thefourth under the Duke of Wurtemburg,the fifth under the Crown Prince ofPrussia, the sixth under the CrownPrince of Bavaria, the seventh under vonHeeringen, and the eighth army, which wasmerely temporarily formed, was known asthe Army of the Meuse and was undervon Emmich. Von Emmichs Army was immediatelyready for service the moment war was de-clared, and stationed, as it had been beforethe outbreak, a short distance from the Bel-gian frontier, it had during the later days ofJuly been brought up to war strength bythe secret additions of reserves, who hadbeen personally notified and had beencharged to keep their notification to them-selves. The British Army Expeditionarv Force,which immediately mobilised on the out-break of war, was roughly 160,000 officersand men; but only a very small proportionof these was ready for war. When theGermans swept down through Belgium theyfound themselves opposed at Mons to twoArmy Corps only (80,000 men), which later, Kitcheners Army.
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