A military history of the war .. . time—that the Germans, thanks tonearly five decades of careful preparation, had many advan-tages over the Allied Forces which it is desirable to empha-sise. Their forces, to begin with, were completely equipped :there was no lack of food, fodder, rifles, cartridges, guns,shells, transport material, or uniforms. All their railwayson the Belgian and French frontiers had been constructedwith a view to the possibility of a sudden outbreak of placing of the entire Army on a war footing, the fillingup of gaps at the front from the reserves, the organisation
A military history of the war .. . time—that the Germans, thanks tonearly five decades of careful preparation, had many advan-tages over the Allied Forces which it is desirable to empha-sise. Their forces, to begin with, were completely equipped :there was no lack of food, fodder, rifles, cartridges, guns,shells, transport material, or uniforms. All their railwayson the Belgian and French frontiers had been constructedwith a view to the possibility of a sudden outbreak of placing of the entire Army on a war footing, the fillingup of gaps at the front from the reserves, the organisationof the civil life of the community, the regulation of trade,commerce, and finance—these were all matters which hadbeen worked out to the minutest detail years before ; and thislong theoretical study of war conditions would alone havegiven the enemy an immense advantage even if the Allies ~±~~ «cOvv^\j)# \^ J W- -I yillenauxecl INDLR GROSS. F R S^Germer TO AMIENS-37MS|_ T0AMIENS-36MS lBEAUVAIS I^^ „^ La Rue St Pierre!I.
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