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CONSTITUTION OF INVADING FORCE
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These conditions are four:
The first, that a large part of our Navy — say half—will be absent from our shores.
The second, that a large expeditionary Force—say 100,000 men—will have been despatched to Egypt or India, or some other of our over-sea dominions.
The third, that the invasion will be in the nature of a surprise, without a declaration of war, and at a time when our relations with Germany are such as to give rise to no suspicion of hostile intention on her part.
The fourth, that the invading Army will consist of 150,000 troops.
These disputable conditions agreed to, let us now recall what was said in Chapter II as to the relative strength of the German and British Fleets in their respective Home Waters.
