THE GERMAN ARMY.
EXTENSIVE MANOEUVRES. Press AssociATioNi — Cop-RioH*. - "BERLIN;. Tuesday./ Twelve thousand men ( 540 guns.Md 29,100 horses are attending the Mbrgeri■theim manoeuvres! -. ' . The Kaiser's guests irtclnde the ArflH' due Francis Ferdinand and Mr'Wifl-ton Churchill. ' . . . Airships report the position of th£ enemy and the effect of artilletS fife direct to the general in the redl'. Many church towers aro being used as receiving stations, and the cavalry carry portable wireless telegraphic apparatus. The Kaiser, when reviewing the Army Corps at Karlsruhe, said : "We Germans are glad- to bear arms,- and therefore carry the burden of defence lightly and w_|liiigly. rOur army is a rock of bronze,- whereon peace is based. So long as the human race endures there will; be enemies aiid envious nations, and therefore always a prospect of war. We ihtist be Teady for all emergencies." . ~
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 15 September 1909, Page 4
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137THE GERMAN ARMY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 15 September 1909, Page 4
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