For a striking example, we should recall that in 1806 Prussia billeted a reserve of 20,000 men under Prince Eugene of Wiirttemberg in Brandenburg and could not get them to the Saale River in time, while another 25,000 men were kept in East and south Prussia to be mobilized at some later stage, to act as a reserve. These examples will, we hope, spare us the reproach of tilting at windmills.
