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The Italians could had set up shop in Albania in 1912 during their war with Ottomans. And never left, just as they did not leave Rhodes. Any foothold gained in early 1912 may have been expanded under some pretext or other - like humanitarian aid - during the Balkan Wars, later in the year or 1913.

How much smaller were the respective armies in 1905 than in 1914? Germany had at least one, if not two Corps less. And might not yet had decided to use Reserve Corps as combat fomations.

Horse drawn trains/artillery does 25km a day. Can be forced marched further for a few days but then the horses simply stop going. Pure infantry can keep going at 40km a day for longer than horses pulling things, thus I can believe that the German infantry in 1914 outran its artillery ... BTW -...

Oh? Good to know, then!

The difference between 1905 and 1914 is that in '05 the French have QF artillery and the Germans do not. This is a difference between 10 shots a minute and 2 rpm. The mle 97 is as good as it was in '14, but the 7.7cm and 10.5 cm are much worse than in 1914. An enormous leg up for the French.