My War Memories, 1914-1918
that the French officer would soon become familiar with the psychology of the Rumanian Army and accomplish a great deal We had to reckon with new formations of Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war and Venizelist Greeks.
Against this Germany and her Allies had nothing to throw into the scale. The increase in the artillery which G.H.Q. had in view and the creation of thirteen new divisions which was under consideration, were not a real addition to our strength, as they weakened the existing formations. We could only form the infantry battalions by drawing on current reserves and reducing battalion strengths.
The creation of a Polish army would have been a real reinforcement, but it was soon seen that this would not be possible. There was nothing for it but to drain Germany and the allied countries of all their man-power that was in any way available.
An additional danger was added to the enemy's numerical
superiority by the ever-increasing devotion of their industries
to war purposes.   Far-reaching restrictions on labour were passed
into law in the Entente countries and accepted without serious
protest;   ample labour was available and there was no shortage
of raw materials; the output per man had not fallen, and life,
in short, pursued its normal course.   The seas of  the world
were open to the Entente.   The United States were now giving
help on the largest scale and breaking new ground.   The technical
equipment of the Entente armies was continually increasing in
quality as in quantity, reaching indeed an unprccedentedly high
level.    This was  demonstrated  with  pitiless  clarity  on the
Western Front,   In the East, too, the campaign of 1916 had
brought a very great increase in technical war material, especially
in ammunition.   Russia had established a war industry of her
own, in part in the Donetz coal basin, and had greatly increased
her output.   Japan was steadily giving better deliveries.   With
the completion of the Munnan railway and the improvement of
the Trans-Siberian line, an increased import from Japan, America,
England and France was inevitable.   In every theatre of war
the Entente was  able to add to her numerical superiority
enormous additional resources in every department of technical
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