FRANCE AND GERMANY.
FRENCH PREPARATIONS.
“EVERYTHING READY.”
Paris, August 16. General Zurlinden, who has twice been France's War Minister, declared in the course of an interview that everything was ready for hostilities with Germany. “There will be no repetition of the uncertainty and disconcerting delays of 1870,” said General Zurlinden. “The Germans will find our army just as ready as theirs. Our mobilisation, our concentration, our transports, and railways are all remarkably well prepared. “Our infantry, cavalry, and artillery have all been trained for a big war. They have been put on the defensive, which alone can ensure success, and they burn with the desire to shout again the old battle cries.”
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Waikato Independent, Volume XII, Issue 1052, 22 August 1911, Page 5
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