THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND
| First Edition | July 1894. |
| Second Edition | July 1894. |
| Edition de Luxe | July 1894. |
| Third Edition | August 1894. |
| Fourth Edition | August 1894. |
| Fifth Edition | September 1894. |
| Sixth Edition | October 1894. |
| Seventh Edition | November 1894. |
| Eighth Edition | December 1894. |
BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON: "IN LUDGATE HILL THE SCENE WAS AWFUL."THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND IN 1897
BY
WILLIAM LE QUEUX, F.R.G.S.
AUTHOR OF
"GUILTY BONDS" "STRANGE TALES OF A NIHILIST" "CONDEMNED TO SILENCE"
"THE STOLEN SOUL" ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY CAPTAIN CYRIL FIELD, R.M.L.I.
AND T. S. C. CROWTHER
Eleventh Edition
LONDON
TOWER PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED
95, Minories, E.C.
1895
[All Rights Reserved]
TO
MY FRIEND
ALFRED CHARLES HARMSWORTH
A GENEROUS EDITOR AND PATRIOTIC ENGLISHMAN
I INSCRIBE THIS FORECAST
OF
THE COMING WAR
PREFACE TO NINTH EDITION
In writing this book it was my endeavour to bring vividlybefore the public the national dangers by which we are surrounded,and the absolute necessity which lies upon Englandto maintain her defences in an adequate state of efficiency.That my effort has been successful, is proved alike by the factthat eight editions of the work have already been exhausted,and by the commendatory and highly gratifying terms inwhich it has been criticised by prominent statesmen andleading naval and military experts, including the Commander-in-Chiefof the British Army. Some professional critics have,it is true, questioned certain prophetic details concerningnaval warfare, but I think the best possible answer to them isfurnished 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 eventsmore thoroughly up to date, and in sending my forecast forthagain it is accompanied by a devout hope that ere it be toolate our present insecurity will be remedied, that a nationaldisaster may thus be prevented, and that England may eve