Chapter I: Front Matter

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By Sir Edward Parrott, M.A., LL.D.]

THE CHILDREN'S STORY OF THE WAR

by
SIR EDWARD PARROTT, M.A., LL.D.
AUTHOR OF "BRITAIN OVERSEAS," "THE PAGEANT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE," ETC.

From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp.

THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN, AND NEW YORK

_Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!_
_To all the sensual world proclaim,_
_One crowded hour of glorious life_
_Is worth an age without a name._

Sir Walter Scott

CONTENTS.

I. The French Army 1

II. The First Clash of Arms 11

III. The Fall of Namur 17

IV. The Battle of Mons 26

V. Soldiers' Stories of the Battle of Mons 33

VI. The Russian People 44

VII. The Russian Army 49

VIII. The Eastern Theatre of War 54

IX. Victory and Defeat 65

X. Stories of Russian Soldiers 77

XI. The Fighting Retreat 81

XII. A Glorious Stand 91

XIII. "The Most Critical Day of All" 97

XIV. Stories of the Retreat from Mons to St. Quentin 106

XV. Valorous Deeds and Victoria Crosses 113

XVI. Arras and Amiens 125

XVII. The French Retreat 129

XVIII. "Those Terrible Grey Horses" 138

XIX. The Story of Battery L of the R.H.A. 145

XX. More Stories of the Retreat 152

XXI. The Beginning of the War at Sea 161

XXII. The Battle of Heligoland Bight 177

XXIII. The Turn of the Tide 193

XXIV. The Crossing of the Marne 205

XXV. The Battle of the Marne 209

XXVI. Stories of the Battle of the Marne 220

XXVII. More Stories of the Battle of the Marne 225

XXVIII. The Aisne Valley 236

XXIX. The Crossing of the Aisne 241

XXX. The Battle of the Aisne 250

XXXI. Soldiers' Stories of the Battle of the Aisne 257

XXXII. Verdun and Rheims 273

XXXIII. The Race to the Sea 289

XXXIV. The First Russian Advance to Cracow 297

XXXV. Antwerp as it was 305

XXXVI. The Siege and Fall of Antwerp 310

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