John A. Johnston,
Brigadier General U. S. Army (Resigned);
President Army League of the U. S.
Washington, D. C. November 1, 1915.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I]The Beginnings [1]
[II]The Coast Bombarded[24]
[III]The Landing[58]
[IV]The Coast Defenses Fall[100]
[V]New England’s Battle[135]
[VI]The Rising of New England[167]
[VII]The Investment of Boston[201]
[VIII]Defending Connecticut[238]
[IX]The Capture of New York City[268]
[X]The Price That Had to Be Paid[315]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
[“It Was Not Because They Knew How to Fight; It Was Because They Meant to Stay There Till They Died]”[Frontispiece]
[“Days Before, the American Fleet Had Steamed Out of Long Island Sound]”[facing 14]
[“There Were Ships Moving Toward the Long Island Coast as if to Threaten New York]”[28]
[“There in Connecticut Lay the Army ... Miles of Tents Separated by Geometrically Straight Rows of Company Streets]”[33]
[“Up Mounted a Hydro-Aeroplane]”[46]
[“The Dragons of Twelve-Inch Mortars that Squatted in Hidden Pits]”[48]
[“Destroyers Moved Straight for the Harbor in a Long Line]”[60]
[“He Steered His Craft, Awash, from Behind Fisher’s Island, at Dawn]”[83]
[“For Miles Beyond that the Enemy’s Patrols Had Occupied Points ...]”[92]
[“They Flew over the Tall Municipal Building of New York]”[100]
[“The Efficient, Prepared, Resourceful Invader Was Landing His Army, Not Only Without Losing a Man, but Without Getting a Man’s Feet Wet]”[109]
[“The Forward Turret of a Battleship Turned and Spoke with a Great Voice]”[129]
[“The People Had Gone out to Tear Up the Railroad Tracks Leading into the Town]”[152]
[“Entirely Raw Volunteers, Who Had Everything to Learn]”[160]
[“There Had Been Firing from Mill-Buildings, Which Had Been Destroyed for Punishment]”[183]
[“The Quick Searchlights Caught the Ships]”[208]
[“A Landing Was Attempted in Greater Force, with the Assistance of a Destroyer Division Lying Close to the Beach]”[213]
[“The Country-Club Had Been Turned into a Brigade Headquarters]”[243]
[“The Army of Madmen Went Forward to the Connecticut River to Hold the Western Bank]”[260]
[“The Only Activity that Remained in Full Progress Was the Activity of the Bulletin-Boards]”[291]
[“The Big Guns Behind Them Made No Despicable Sentinels]”[331]
MAPS
[The Landing of the Enemy Forces][123]
[Boston Harbor][201]
[The Attack on the New York Defences][300]

THE INVASION OF AMERICA

I
THE BEGINNINGS

“Washington, D. C., March 20.—The President, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, has ordered a grand joint maneuver of the fleet, the regular army and the Organized Militia (National Guard) of Divisions 5, 6, 7, and 8, comprising New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.”