The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 8There's one Generalissimo whom all belligerents take orders from, General Mud. If we could continue summer weather conditions another three months, we might get a decision. But it's unsafe to reckon on more than five weeks of good ofensivo weather. From the Somme to the Channel the character of the soil renders the mud the worst in all creation after the autumn rains begin in good earnest.The Germans, on their part, had every reason for prolong ing the fighting until the advance of winter should delay the enemy pursuit, and bring a cessation of active operations. Ger many would then be in a position to rest and to reorganize her forces, and to suggest peace negotiations on the basis of a stale mate on the western front. Both sides were thus fighting with the strongest possible meteorological pressure behind them. For both sides, everything depended on the time of the setting in, and upon the severity, of the winter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.