SOME BOOKS OF THE M/MIL
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In the Geographkal Journal for Janusry Dr. Rinks shows that the German Army, despite its boasted scientific pre-eminence, was very greatly intent:1r to the British and French Armies in mapping and survey work, and that until near the end it had nothing to compare with our artillery's new- system of sound. ranging by which the position of in enemy gun is instantly determined when it fires. The German artillery maps were, as a rule, ill drawn and very inaccurate, no that the gunners, when shooting by the map, made poor practice, though we must add that our infantry, plagued by the enemy's "five-nines," would not agree with Dr. Rinks. The Bavarian Army aectur to have beers better equipped in this respect than the Prussians. Before the war, the Germane told us that they led the world in science, arid many foolish people believed them ; it was, however, only a German fable. We must call attention also to Colonel Napier's highly interesting account of "The Road from Baghdad to Baku," and of other roads in Persia which have been made available for motor transport. It is now possible, he says, to drive a car from Bander Abbas on the Persian Gulf to Shiraz, and thence to Kerman and Quetta, and there is no lack of petrel in Persia.
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