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Attempted Assassination of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria,[1]
Russian Movement upon the Austrian Frontier,[26]
Interview between General Caprivi and the French Ambassador,[30]
Departure of Troops to the East,[32]
Banquet in the Schloss,[33]
Ill-treatment of a War-correspondent by the German Hussars,[37]
The Austrian Plan of Campaign,[40]
First Collision of Russian and German Troops,[43]
Warlike Excitement in Paris,[44]
Declaration of War by France,[52]
The German Plan of Campaign,[61]
The French Plan of Campaign,[65]
Public Feeling of England,[66]
Battle at Alexandrovo,[71]
Occupation of Alexandrovo by the Germans,[74]
Capture of Czenstochau by Prince George of Saxony,[76]
Night Attack by the Russians,[78]
Repulse of the German Army,[85]
Excitement in Brussels,[86]
The Meeting of the Four Fleets,[92]
Retreat of French Cruisers,[96]
On Board the Flagship,[99]
Preparations for the Landing of British Troops at Trebizonde,[102]
Repulse of the Russians,[106]
The Russo-German Campaign—Great Battle at Skierniwiçe,[110]
Italy mobilises her Army, and takes the Field against France,[121]
The Council of War,[124]
Italian Route—Through the Riviera,[126]
Battle of Costebelle,[129]
The Landing at Trebizonde,[132]
Mobilisation of the First Army Corps,[138]
Russia declares War against England,[147]
Declaration of War in London,[148]
The Position of Affairs,[158]
Preparations in the Mediterranean Fleet,[160]
The Battle of Sardinia,[165]
The Franco-German Campaign—Cavalry Engagement near Ligny,[171]
Engagement at Vaux Champagne,[178]
The Battle of Machault,[184]
The War in the far East—The Capture of Vladivostock,[193]
Events in the East of Europe,[199]
Arrival of British Troops in the Sea of Marmora,[201]
Feeling in Australia,[206]
Instructions from the Admiralty,[211]
The Franco-German Campaign—The German Advance,[213]
Advance of the Second and Third Armies on Paris,[221]
The March upon the French Capital,[223]
British Campaign in Bulgaria,[225]
The Bombardment of Varna,[228]
Rout of the Russian Army,[234]
The Battle of Kosluji,[236]
Enthusiasm in Cairo,[241]
French Intrigues in Egypt,[248]
Fierce Battle near Wady Halfa,[252]
The Franco-German Campaign—Rescue of Paris,[258]
Advance of General de Galliffet,[262]
Brisk Cavalry Engagement,[265]
Great Victory of the French,[267]
The General Situation,[274]
Capture of Sierra Leone by the French,[279]
Siege of Herat,[281]
Dispatch of Troops by the Canadian Pacific Railway to India,[282]
Cessation of Hostilities—France and Germany,[287]
England and Russia,[289]
The Services of England,[293]
General Effects of the War,[295]
Appendix.
Sir Charles Tupper on Imperial Defence,[299]
An Interview with the Right Hon. Sir Charles Dilke,[303]