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victorious forty-two years ago, notwithstanding 

 her numerical inferiority, had she had at the 

 head an energetic and resolute man, the writer 



Illustrations- Bnrcait.] 



The " St. Vincent," Dreadnought' Battleship, 



entering the Floating Dock 



at Sheerness. I 



asserts. It was the weakness of the French 

 commander which permitted German strategy to 

 succeed. 



ATTENTION ! DANGER ! 



At the present time the real 



danger to France is the great 



increase of German forces to 



be stationed on the French 



frontier. The point about the 



new German military law 



which merits attention is the 



progressive and intensive 



reinforcement of the troops. 



Provided with everything they 



could possibly need, and ever 



growing in number, solidity 



and cohesion, a telegram 



would suffice to set them in 



motion. Under the French 



military system a much longer 



time would be required to 



mobilise the troops. Should 



the Germans, with their 



attacking force always ready, 



Kver be able to break through 



the French cover, and invade 



French territory before the 



French troops could be mobi- 

 lised, France would be lost. F'or her national 

 safety I>"rance should therefore see to it that she 

 has a solid cover, and should not hesitate to 

 make any sacrifice to secure it. 



A MILITARY LEAGUE IN FRANCE. 



On a declaration of war France could mobilise 

 twenty corps, and, counting that of Algeria, 

 twenty-one. Her African 

 military resources are not yet 

 fully exploited, but the writer 

 says that with her white and 

 black armies the forces which 

 she could bring into the field 

 are quite equal, so far as num- 

 bers go, to the German. But 

 a serious obstacle is the cost 

 of developing the black army. 

 Private initiative in the form 

 of a Military League in 

 France, similar to that of Ger- 

 many, is suggested to meet 

 the expenditure. Finally, the 

 military question is a moral as 

 well as a material one. It is 

 necessary to awaken in the 

 Army and in the people senti- 

 ments of ardour and generous 

 faith which make nations 

 invincible. The writer coun- 

 sels France not to be unduly 

 alarmed at the German 

 increase of effectives. Napoleon won twenty 

 battles when his army was numerically 

 inferior to that of the enemy, but he 



Illitstratiotis Bureau.] 



Dreadnought Docked on the New Floating Dock. 



H.M.S. " Vincent," the 19,250 Battleship, was docked on the New Floating Dock on 



the Medway,iwhere she will be refitted. The Dock, which cost^over a quarter of a 



million, is 680 fl. in length. 



had two things on his side, one at 

 least of which is lacking in France now — 

 the genius of war and soldiers who did not fear 

 death. 



