LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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|---|---|
| The Bombardment of Varna, | Frontispiece |
| The Attempted Assassination of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, | 11 |
| M. Stambuloff, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, appointed Regent after the attempted Assassination of Prince Ferdinand, | 13 |
| The Bulgarian Mobilisation—Troops marching through the streets of Philippopolis, | 15 |
| The Servo-Bulgarian Campaign—Through Pirot to the Front, | 17 |
| An Affair of Outpost—The First Shot in the Servo-Bulgarian Campaign, | 19 |
| The Occupation of Belgrade—‘Here at Last!’ | 21 |
| With the Turks: Admiral Woods Pacha’s Fleet of Torpedo Boats steaming through the Bosphorus, | 24 |
| Russian Infantry Landing at Varna, | 25 |
| The Knights of Malta at Ambulance Work, | 41 |
| Extraordinary Scene in the Place de la Concorde: The Mob tearing the Mourning Emblems from the Statue of Strasburg, | 47 |
| The Naval Battle off Dantzig—The Sinking of a Russian Torpedo Boat and Rescue of the Crew by an English Yacht, | 58 |
| The Naval Battle off Dantzig—Wounded Russians on Board the English Yacht, | 60 |
| A Scene in the House of Commons—Sir William Harcourt questions the Government, | 68 |
| British Troops in the Place Verte, Antwerp, | 88 |
| Sinking of the Yacht ’Elaine, | 97 |
| British Troops landing at Trebizonde, | 103 |
| The Storming of Skierniwiçe, | 119 |
| Italian Artillery crossing the Mont Cenis, | 128 |
| Lord Salisbury addressing the House of Lords on the Question of Peace and War, | 134 |
| The Mobilisation of the English Army—Troops marching through the Dock Gates, Portsmouth, | 139 |
| Reserve Men served with the New Magazine-Rifle, and off to the front to-morrow, | 143 |
| Reading the Mobilisation Order, | 145 |
| Declaration of War against Russia from the Steps of the Royal Exchange, | 149 |
| Calling Out the Volunteers—Parade of the Signallers of the St. Martin’s Le Grand Corps, | 155 |
| Our Correspondent at the Battle of Vaux Champagne, | 180 |
| The Battle of Machault: The German Cavalry charging the Rallying Squares of the French, | 186 |
| The Taking of Vladivostock: Goorkas Protecting the Guns, | 197 |
| British Transports passing the Dardanelles: Fort Chanak saluting the English Ships, | 202 |
| The Sultan, Lord Wolseley, and Sir Clare Ford watching the Passage of the British Fleet through the Bosphorus from the Steps of the Dolma Baghtche Palace, | 205 |
| German Cavalry Attack by Night on the French Bivouacs, | 220 |
| Scene in the Streets of Rheims: German Troops clearing the Streets of French Rioters, | 222 |
| The Battle of Kosluji: Sir Evelyn Wood’s Attack on the Russian Forces, | 238 |
| Map of the Fight near Varna, | 239 |
| Scene outside Shepheard’s Hotel, Cairo: Tommy Atkins about to quit Egypt, | 243 |
| Soudanese Attack upon a Reconnoitring Party, | 254 |
| French Cavalry charging the Prussian Infantry, | 270 |
| Our New Route to India: A Sleeping-Car on the Canadian Pacific Railway, | 283 |
| Tommy Atkins bargaining with the Indians on the Canadian Pacific Railway, | 285 |
| Our New Route to India: Rations on the Canadian and Pacific Railway, | 286 |
| Sir Charles Tupper in his Private Office in Victoria Street, Westminster, | 300 |
| The Right Hon. Sir Charles Dilke, | 304 |
THE GREAT WAR OF 189—
A FORECAST.
In the following narrative an attempt is made to forecast the course of events preliminary and incidental to the Great War which, in the opinion of military and political experts, will probably occur in the immediate future. The writers, who are well-known authorities on international politics and strategy, have striven to derive material for their description of the conflict from the best sources, to conceive the most probable campaigns and acts of policy, and generally to give to their work the verisimilitude and actuality of real warfare.