The Great War in England in 1897
Реклама. ООО «ЛитРес», ИНН: 7719571260.
Оглавление
Le Queux William. The Great War in England in 1897
PREFACE TO NINTH EDITION
CRITICISM BY LORD ROBERTS
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
BOOK I. THE INVASION
CHAPTER I. THE SHADOW OF MOLOCH
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
Отрывок из книги
In writing this book it was my endeavour to bring vividly before the public the national dangers by which we are surrounded, and the absolute necessity which lies upon England to maintain her defences in an adequate state of efficiency. That my effort has been successful, is proved alike by the fact that eight editions of the work have already been exhausted, and by the commendatory and highly gratifying terms in which it has been criticised by prominent statesmen and leading naval and military experts, including the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. Some professional critics have, it is true, questioned certain prophetic details concerning naval warfare, but I think the best possible answer to them is furnished by the results of recent battles in Chinese waters, which, it is admitted, present to us very serious object-lessons. A few passages I have revised in order to bring the events more thoroughly up to date, and in sending my forecast forth again it is accompanied by a devout hope that ere it be too late our present insecurity will be remedied, that a national disaster may thus be prevented, and that England may ever retain her supremacy upon the sea.
London, March 1895.
.....
The papers were full of these latest unexpected developments, the details of which, necessarily meagre owing to the lack of direct communication, were eagerly discussed. It was believed that Germany would, in addition to defending her Polish frontier and attacking France, also send a naval squadron from Kiel to England.
The Tsar's spy had been foiled, and Russia and France now knew they had made a false move! Russia's rapid and decisive movement was intended to prevent the signing of the secret alliance, and to bar England and Germany from joining hands. But happily the sly machinations of the Count von Beilstein, the released convict and adventurer, had in a measure failed, for Germany had considered it diplomatic to throw in her fortune with Great Britain in this desperate encounter.
.....