St. Privat

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Excerpt from St. Privat: German Sources The publication of this collection of translations was undertaken in pursuance of the policy of making available in the English language the materials necessary for the intensive study of the history of modern foreign wars for the use of students at the Army Staff College. Nearly all our officers read French and can profit by the extensive publications issued by the Historical Section of the French General Staff. The German sources are however a sealed book to many of our officers. The plan has been therefore to give herein the German side and bibliographical notes to guide the reader to the best books on the French side. The documents included in this collection were chosen by Captain A. L. Conger with special reference to its use by Staff College students. Captain Conger was unable however to supervise its publication as he was ordered to a Texas maneuver camp at the time the Service Schools were broken up in May, 1914, just as the printing was being begun. That the publication of it was not then given up is due to Mrs. Conger who volunteered to continue the work of editing and checking the translations, so essential in all historical work, adding footnotes and cross-references and doing the proofreading. The printing of such a volume is a severe tax on the limited facilities of the Staff College Press. That it has been possible in addition to the heavy routine demands is owing to the enterprise and efficient management of the press by the Secretary, Captain A. M. Ferguson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.