The War in South Africa (Classic Reprint)

The essential object of this work is the instruction of the German officer, and the criticisms which it contains point out, therefore, not only our alleged faults and errors, but show also what, in the opinion of the Great General Staff at Berlin, we ought to have done. This celebrated branch of the German army had access to various sources of information both during and after the war which were closed to us, and the work may best be left to speak for itself. Germany is not the only Great Power which has a fully equipped Military History section, but hers is, perhaps, better known by name in England thcin the corresponding branches in other armies, and it is readily admitted that in accomplishing any task which they have set themselves, the Germans are, at any rate, thorough and systematic. The principles underlying the German military system are very simple. In Germany aM inister of War there is more than one is the great administrative military official; he has nothing to do with the Chief of the Great General Staff of which there is only one who, when grand manoeuvres take place, or war is declared, is the great executive officer, with whose decisions theM inister of War has nothing to do; neither of these two officers again have anything to do with the Chief of theM ilitary Cabinet, whose department settles questions concerning commands and promotion.
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