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THE INVASION
PREFACE.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
BOOK III.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
THE GREAT FIGHT.THE INVASION
WM. LE QUEUX
PREFACE.
"I sometimes despair of the country ever becomingalive to the danger of the unpreparedness of our presentposition until too late to prevent some fatal catastrophe."
This was the keynote of a solemn warning made inthe House of Lords by Earl Roberts. His lordship,whilst drawing attention to our present inadequate forces,strongly urged that action should be taken in accordancewith the recommendations of the Elgin Commission that"no military system could be considered satisfactorywhich did not c