(Pibroch): “In the year 1912, ... war will take place the instant the German forces by land and sea are, by their superiority at every point, as certain of victory as anything in human calculation can be made certain... Gentlemen, if these were my last words, I still should say to you - “Arm and prepare to acquit yourselves like men, for the day of your ordeal is at hand.” warned Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, hero of the 1857 Indian Mutiny.