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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.