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.