The Great War of 189-: A Forecast
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- THE GREAT WAR OF 189— A FORECAST
- NOTE.
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRINCE FERDINAND OF BULGARIA.
- Editorial Comments.
- RUSSIAN MOVEMENT UPON THE AUSTRIAN FRONTIER.
- INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENERAL CAPRIVI AND THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.
- DEPARTURE OF TROOPS TO THE EAST.
- BANQUET IN THE SCHLOSS.
- Departure of the Emperor for the East.
- ILL-TREATMENT OF A WAR-CORRESPONDENT BY THE GERMAN HUSSARS.
- THE AUSTRIAN PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
- FIRST COLLISION OF RUSSIAN AND GERMAN TROOPS.
- WARLIKE EXCITEMENT IN PARIS.
- EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.
- The President speaks—‘A Berlin!’
- DECLARATION OF WAR BY FRANCE.
- With the German Fleet in the Baltic.
- Engagement off Dantzig—Sinking of a Russian Torpedo-Boat.
- THE GERMAN PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
- THE FRENCH PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
- PUBLIC FEELING IN ENGLAND.
- BATTLE AT ALEXANDROVO.
- OCCUPATION OF ALEXANDROVO BY THE GERMANS.
- CAPTURE OF CZENSTOCHAU BY PRINCE GEORGE OF SAXONY.
- NIGHT ATTACK BY THE RUSSIANS.
- REPULSE OF THE GERMAN ARMY.
- EXCITEMENT IN BRUSSELS.
- THE MEETING OF THE FOUR FLEETS.
- RETREAT OF FRENCH CRUISERS.
- ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP.
- PREPARATIONS FOR THE LANDING OF BRITISH TROOPS AT TREBIZONDE.
- REPULSE OF THE RUSSIANS.
- THE RUSSO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN—GREAT BATTLE AT SKIERNIWIÇE.
- GREAT BATTLE ON THE GALICIAN FRONTIER.
- ITALY MOBILISES HER ARMY, AND TAKES THE FIELD AGAINST FRANCE.
- THE COUNCIL OF WAR
- ITALIAN ROUTE—THROUGH THE RIVIERA.
- BATTLE OF COSTEBELLE.
- THE LANDING AT TREBIZONDE.
- MOBILISATION OF THE FIRST ARMY CORPS.
- RUSSIA DECLARES WAR AGAINST ENGLAND.
- DECLARATION OF WAR IN LONDON.
- MOBILISATION OF THE SECOND CORPS.
- EMBODIMENT OF THE MILITIA.
- CALLING OUT THE VOLUNTEERS.
- THE POSITION OF AFFAIRS.
- PREPARATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.
- THE BATTLE OF SARDINIA.
- FLIGHT OF THE FRENCH SQUADRON.
- THE FRANCO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN—CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT NEAR LIGNY.
- ENGAGEMENT AT VAUX CHAMPAGNE.
- THE BATTLE OF MACHAULT.
- THE LESSON OF THE FIGHT.
- THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST—THE CAPTURE OF VLADIVOSTOCK.
- EVENTS IN THE EAST OF EUROPE.
- ARRIVAL OF BRITISH TROOPS IN THE SEA OF MARMORA.
- FEELING IN AUSTRALIA.
- LORD CHARLES SCOTT OBJECTS.
- INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE ADMIRALTY.
- THE FRANCO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN—THE GERMAN ADVANCE.
- ADVANCE OF THE SECOND AND THIRD ARMIES ON PARIS.
- THE BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS.
- RIOTING IN RHEIMS.
- THE MARCH UPON THE FRENCH CAPITAL.
- BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN BULGARIA.
- THE BOMBARDMENT OF VARNA.
- ROUT OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
- THE BATTLE OF KOSLUJI.
- ENTHUSIASM IN CAIRO.
- FRENCH INTRIGUES IN EGYPT.
- FIERCE BATTLE NEAR WADY HALFA.
- THE FRANCO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN—RESCUE OF PARIS.
- ADVANCE OF GENERAL DE GALLIFFET.
- BRISK CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT.
- GREAT VICTORY OF THE FRENCH.
- THE GENERAL SITUATION.
- CAPTURE OF SIERRA LEONE BY THE FRENCH.
- SIEGE OF HERAT.
- DISPATCH OF TROOPS BY THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TO INDIA.
- CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES—FRANCE AND GERMANY.
- ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.
- THE SERVICES OF ENGLAND.
- GENERAL EFFECTS OF THE WAR.
- APPENDIX.
- SIR CHARLES TUPPER ON IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
- ‘THE GREAT WAR OF 18—’:
- AN INTERVIEW WITH THE RIGHT HON. SIR CHARLES DILKE.
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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