This terrific Hohenzollern climax is described by Herr Rosner in
the minutest detail. The drama opens in the little station of Avesnes, where we find the station-master and the chief of the police pacing up and down the platform awaiting the arrival of the imperial train. This slim green palace arrives punctually to the minute, and the Emperor is the first to descend. The whole platform thereafter is crowded by chamberlains, attaches, aide-de-camps and orderlies. They enter the waiting motor-cars and are driven to headquarters. The main lines of the impending battle are described to the Emperor by Ludendorff and Hinden- burg. He is then bundled back into his train and sent off to the front. The train comes to rest some twelve miles behind the lines. They dine and play cards. At three in the morning they enter their cars and are driven to an observation post prepared for them on the hills above Menil. The Emperor, followed by his staff, climbs this gazebo in the dark
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