Transcriber's notes
- There is only one footnote: it has been placed atthe end of Part II.
- The spelling and hyphenation are as found in theoriginal text.
- There is one spelling mistake that deservesmention. Although “dreadnaught” is an accepted spelling of"dreadnought” when used to mean “fearless”, Henderson's use of it todenote a certain type of warship is incorrect. Warships of this typewere called dreadnoughts after H.M.S. Dreadnought, the firstexample of its type.
- The table of contents was not part of the originaltext.
- There are 87 illustrations in this book. These illustrations, with alink to each of them, are listed in the Appendix. This Appendix was notin the original text.
- The captions of all the illustrations have been left as they appear inthe book. Six of them, however, contain a numbered link to a note inthe Appendix that explains why and how the caption should be changed.
GERMANY’S FIGHTING MACHINE
GERMANY’S
FIGHTING MACHINE
Her Army, Her Navy, Her Air-ships, and
Why She Arrayed Them Against the
Allied Powers of Europe
By
Short History of Germany
History of Germany in the Middle Ages
Blücher, Etc., Etc.
WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT 1914
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
CHARLES FRANCIS PRESS, NEW YORK
GERMANY’S FIGHTING MACHINE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Part I | The War |
| Part II | The Army |
| Part III | The Navy |
| Appendix | List of Illustrations |
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GERMANY’S
FIGHTING MACHINE
PART I
THE WAR
But a few weeks ago the author of this little bookwas in Germany studying the land and its institutionsand full of admiration for its achievements in everyfield. Two days after he had taken ship for AmericaGermany was practically at war with France and Russia.England soon joined in the conflict, and the splendidHamburg liner on which the author was a passengerwas a hunted thing on the ocean, owing her safety atlast to a friendly fog. The great shipping company,with its nearly two hundred vessels, was out of the runningas a commercial enterprise, a symbol of the paralyzedindustries of the whole country.
To the ordinary observer the conflict came like a boltfrom the