THE CLOUD OVER ENGLAND
(From the “ St.'James’ Gazette.”) We lately called attention to the conclusions arrived at by a presumably impartial critic on the military importance o£ Great Britain. It is not unlikely that among these conclusions the one which excited most interest was the one which is most doubtful. When Captain Kirchhammer tells us that 50,000 foreign troops could without much difficulty be landed in England within a fortnight of the time when the decision to invade us is taken, and that such a force, “ far from running any risk of being crushed after a successful landing, would have on its side that numerical superiority which is the surest guarantee of success in tactics,” we take leave to say that he is out in his calculations. Fifty thousand troops could not be shipped without our knowing all about it in time to make a goodly preparation to receive them off the coast; which is not destitute of a system of torpedo defence. Or should such a force succeed in landing, it would find itself confronted by a succession of'entrenched camps, held by meh. not unacquainted with the use ot spades and rifles.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2598, 19 July 1881, Page 3
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193THE CLOUD OVER ENGLAND South Canterbury Times, Issue 2598, 19 July 1881, Page 3
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