marched as admirably, made combinations as quickly and accurately,,

and fought with as much success. I can but leave to conjecture how.

the Germans would have got along on bottomless roads--often none at

all--through the swamps and quicksands of northern Virginia, from,

the Wilderness to Petersburg, and from Chattanooga to Atlanta and the

Following the operations of the German armies from the battle of

Gravelotte to the siege of Paris, I may, in conclusion, say that I

saw no new military principles developed, whether of strategy or