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- THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND
- THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND IN 1897
- WILLIAM LE QUEUX, F.R.G.S.
- PREFACE TO NINTH EDITION
- CRITICISM BY LORD ROBERTS
- PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
- CONTENTS
- BOOK I
- THE INVASION
- THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND IN 1897.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE SHADOW OF MOLOCH.
- FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER II.
- A TOTTERING EMPIRE.
- CHAPTER III.
- ARMING FOR THE STRUGGLE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE SPY.
- CHAPTER V.
- BOMBARDMENT OF NEWHAVEN.
- CHAPTER VI.
- LANDING OF THE FRENCH IN SUSSEX.
- CHAPTER VII.
- BOMB OUTRAGES IN LONDON.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- FATEFUL DAYS FOR THE OLD FLAG.
- CHAPTER IX.
- COUNT VON BEILSTEIN AT HOME.
- CHAPTER X.
- A DEATH DRAUGHT.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE MASSACRE AT EASTBOURNE.
- CHAPTER XII.
- IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE CHANNEL.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- BATTLE OFF BEACHY HEAD.
- BOOK II
- THE STRUGGLE
- CHAPTER XV.
- THE DOOM OF HULL.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- TERROR ON THE TYNE.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- HELP FROM OUR COLONIES.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE MIDLANDS.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- FALL OF BIRMINGHAM.
- CHAPTER XX.
- OUR REVENGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- A NAVAL FIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- PANIC IN LANCASHIRE.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- THE EVE OF BATTLE.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- MANCHESTER ATTACKED BY RUSSIANS.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- GALLANT DEEDS BY CYCLISTS.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- GREAT BATTLE ON THE MERSEY.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- THE FATE OF THE VANQUISHED.
- BOOK III
- THE VICTORY
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- A SHABBY WAYFARER.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- LANDING OF THE ENEMY AT LEITH.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- ATTACK ON EDINBURGH.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- "THE DEMON OF WAR."
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- FRIGHTFUL SLAUGHTER OUTSIDE GLASGOW.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- MARCH OF THE FRENCH ON LONDON.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- LOOTING IN THE SUBURBS.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- LONDON BOMBARDED.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- BABYLON BURNING.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- FIGHTING ON THE SURREY HILLS.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- NAVAL BATTLE OFF DUNGENESS.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- THE DAY OF RECKONING.
- CHAPTER XL.
- "FOR ENGLAND!"
- CHAPTER XLI.
- DAWN.
- ZORAIDA.
- A TORQUAY MARRIAGE.
- IN QUEST OF A NAME.
- THE OUTLAWS OF THE AIR.
- BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
- THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND IN 1897.
- THE CAPTAIN OF THE MARY ROSE.
- THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION.
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