CONTENTS

[BOOK I]
CHAP. PAGE
[I.]The Surprise[3]
[II.]Effect in the City[20]
[III.]News of the Enemy[30]
[IV.]A Prophecy Fulfilled[48]
[V.]Our Fleet Taken Unawares[60]
[VI.]Fierce Cruiser Battle[77]
[VII.]Continuation of the Struggle at Sea[94]
[VIII.]Situation in the North[108]
[IX.]State of Siege Declared[118]
[X.]How the Enemy Dealt the Blow[131]
[XI.]Germans Landing at Hull and Goole[154]
[XII.]Desperate Fighting in Essex[171]
[XIII.]Defence at Last[202]
[XIV.]British Success at Royston[221]
[XV.]British Abandon Colchester[235]
[XVI.]Fierce Fighting at Chelmsford[255]
[XVII.]In the Enemy’s Hands[266]
[XVIII.]The Feeling in London[279]
[BOOK II]
[I.]The Lines of London[287]
[II.]Repulse of the Germans[299]
[III.]Battle of Epping[310]
[IV.]Bombardment of London[326]
[V.]The Rain of Death[344]
[VI.]Fall of London[357]
[VII.]Two Personal Narratives[372]
[VIII.]Germans Sacking the Banks[393]
[IX.]What was Happening at Sea[413]
[X.]Situation South of the Thames[444]
[XI.]Defences of South London[456]
[XII.]Daily Life of the Beleaguered[466]
[XIII.]Revolts in Shoreditch and Islington[477]
[BOOK III]
[I.]A Blow for Freedom[495]
[II.]Scenes at Waterloo Bridge[511]
[III.]Great British Victory[520]
[IV.]Massacre of Germans in London[531]
[V.]How the War Ended[540]

LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS

BOOK I
PAGE
Position of the IVth German Army Corps TwelveHours after Landing at Weybourne, Norfolk[57]
Position of the Saxon Corps Twenty-four Hoursafter Landing in Essex[148]
Position of the German Forces Twenty-four Hoursafter Landing at Goole[157]
Germany’s Points of Embarkation[167]
Battle of Purleigh, 6th September[193]
Battle of Sheffield[218]
Positions of Opposing Forces, 8th September[227]
Battle of Royston, Sunday, 9th September[232]
Battle of Chelmsford. Position on the Eveningof 11th September[258]
The Defence of Sheffield[268]
BOOK II
The Lines of London[288]
Battle of Harlow—First Phase[296]
Battle of Harlow—Final Phase[307]
German Attack on the Lines of London[315]
The Bombardment and Defences of London on20th and 21st September[337]
London after the Bombardment[365]
Damage done in the City by the Bombardment[369]
Damage done in Westminster by the Bombardment[384]
Shetland Islands[433]
The Defences of South London on 26th September[457]
Scene of the Street Fighting in Shoreditch on27th September[478]

BOOK I
THE ATTACK