BOOK I
THE INVASION
CHAP.PAGE
I.THE SHADOW OF MOLOCH[13]
II.A TOTTERING EMPIRE[19]
III.ARMING FOR THE STRUGGLE[23]
IV.THE SPY[28]
V.BOMBARDMENT OF NEWHAVEN[35]
VI.LANDING OF THE FRENCH IN SUSSEX[40]
VII.BOMB OUTRAGES IN LONDON[44]
VIII.FATEFUL DAYS FOR THE OLD FLAG[49]
IX.COUNT VON BEILSTEIN AT HOME[56]
X.A DEATH DRAUGHT[61]
XI.THE MASSACRE AT EASTBOURNE[65]
XII.IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS[70]
XIII.FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE CHANNEL[75]
XIV.BATTLE OFF BEACHY HEAD[85]
BOOK II
THE STRUGGLE
XV.THE DOOM OF HULL[99]
XVI.TERROR ON THE TYNE[110]
XVII.HELP FROM OUR COLONIES[125]
XVIII.RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE MIDLANDS[137]
XIX.FALL OF BIRMINGHAM[150]
XX.OUR REVENGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN[162]
XXI.A NAVAL FIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES[174]
XXII.PANIC IN LANCASHIRE[186]
XXIII.THE EVE OF BATTLE[193]
XXIV.MANCHESTER ATTACKED BY RUSSIANS[200]
XXV.GALLANT DEEDS BY CYCLISTS[208]
XXVI.GREAT BATTLE ON THE MERSEY[213]
XXVII.THE FATE OF THE VANQUISHED[218]
BOOK III
THE VICTORY
XXVIII.A SHABBY WAYFARER[229]
XXIX.LANDING OF THE ENEMY AT LEITH[235]
XXX.ATTACK ON EDINBURGH[243]
XXXI."THE DEMON OF WAR"[248]
XXXII.FRIGHTFUL SLAUGHTER OUTSIDE GLASGOW[256]
XXXIII.MARCH OF THE FRENCH ON LONDON[268]
XXXIV.LOOTING IN THE SUBURBS[279]
XXXV.LONDON BOMBARDED[284]
XXXVI.BABYLON BURNING[291]
XXXVII.FIGHTING ON THE SURREY HILLS[299]
XXXVIII.NAVAL BATTLE OFF DUNGENESS[304]
XXXIX.THE DAY OF RECKONING[312]
XL."FOR ENGLAND!"[324]
XLI.DAWN[328]

BOOK I

THE INVASION


THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND IN 1897.

CHAPTER I.