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VOVAGE, DISEMBARKATION, AND — AFTER
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not care to lie off a lee-shore," or when a fog should enshroud them?[1] Such accidents maybe eliminated in planning a hypothetical invasion, but assuredly they will have been taken into account in the planning of a real one.[2]
But something worse than the fear of unfriendly weather will overshadow the work of disembarkation, and spur to a haste which can only create confusion—that something, the certainty that the alarm has been
- ↑ A sudden fog occurred during the Invasion Test at the Manoeuvres in July 1912. "Meanwhile Red had made a dash for Filey, and was near shore, protected from sudden attack by a screen of cruisers, when down came a thick fog, rendering the landing of the expeditonary force impossible"—The Naval Correspondent of Daily News and Leader, July 22, 1912.
- ↑ The German Military Authorities are quite alive to such accidents, and in planning an invasion of this country would certainly not overlook risks which neither foresight nor skill could avert. Mark what General Bronsart von Schellendorff says on the subject: " Further, it is necessary to be clear upon the point that any landing on an open coast is so dependent upon the weather, that the attempt may not only be undesirably delayed, but may even have to be given up altogether."—The Duties of the General Staff, p. 554.
