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Bang!
"Dog-gone it, Hindenburg, don't make your strategic moves when I am standing directly behind you!"
On one occasion, when Hindenburg reported having "carried out
his retreat according to plan," the Kaiser, encamped at the rear,
received a very discomfiting bump. Evidently, the "plan" was no
less an inspiration of the moment than many others the Germans have announced,
in order to put a good face upon their reverses.
