In the World War. Graf Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Czernin von Chudenitz

IN THE WORLD WAR

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CHAPTER IToC

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      INTRODUCTORY REFLECTIONS

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      The bursting of a thunderstorm is preceded by certain definite phenomena in the atmosphere. The electric currents separate, and the storm is the result of atmospheric tension which can no longer be repressed. Whether or no we become aware of these happenings through outward signs, whether the clouds appear to us more or less threatening, nothing can alter the fact that the electric tension is bound to make itself felt before the storm bursts.