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CAN GERMANY INVADE ENGLAND?

But where Germany really has no equal is in her military organisation ; and, in the light of this admission, let us now inquire into the composition of the Force which is presently to descend upon our shores.

The German Peace Establishment consists of twenty-three Army Corps, and each Army Corps, when placed on a war footing, is composed of[1]:

Troops 25,000
Non-Combatants 16,000
Horses 13,000
Guns 144
Vehicles, including artillery wagons 2,200

Its nominal formation is [1]:

Battalions of Infantry 25
Squadrons of Cavalry 6
Batteries of Artillery 24.

and its fighting strength [1]:

Men 25,000
Horses 1,900
Guns 144
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Duties of the General Staff, pp. 272, 273, by General Bronsart von Schellendorff.