George Barton

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents

I THE ALSATIAN SMUGGLER WHO HELPED NAPOLEON TO CAPTURE THE AUSTRIAN ARMY

II BELLE BOYD, THE CONFEDERATE GIRL WHO SAVED STONEWALL JACKSON

III THE INDIAN SCOUT WHO WAS THE HERO OF KING PHILIP'S WAR

IV HOW THE SUICIDE OF A STAFF OFFICER ONCE AVERTED WAR BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA

V THE ROMANTIC SIDE OF MAJOR ANDRE'S UNSUCCESSFUL EXPLOIT

VI THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF THE CHEVALIER D'EON AT THE RUSSIAN COURT

VII HOW NAPOLEON'S CHIEF SPY HOODWINKED THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA

VIII LYDIA DARRAH, THE BRAVE QUAKERESS WHO SAVED WASHINGTON'S ARMY FROM DESTRUCTION

IX DOCTOR STEIBER AND THE MYSTERY OF THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR

X THE ADVENTURE OF PRIVATE MORGAN IN THE CAMP OF CORNWALLIS

XI THE MYSTERIOUS AND ROMANTIC CASE OF GENERAL NAPPER TANDY

XII HOW MONSIEUR DE MEINAU HELPED TO MAKE JEROME BONAPARTE KING OF WESTPHALIA

XIII THE STRANGE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE BETRAYAL OF CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE

XIV MAJOR LE CARON AND THE FENIAN INVASION OF CANADA

XV HOW EMMA EDMONDS PENETRATED THE CONFEDERATE LINES

XVI THE AMAZING ADVENTURE OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL LAFAYETTE C. BAKER

XVII THE MYSTERIOUS "F" AND THE CAPTURED TROOPERS

XVIII THE MYSTERIOUS MAN WHO ASKED FOR A LIGHT

XIX CARL LODY AND SPIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WAR

Transcriber's Notes

The WORLD’S
GREATEST
MILITARY
SPIES and
Secret Service Agents

By GEORGE BARTON

Illustrated

THE PAGE COMPANY
BOSTON * MDCCCCXVIII

Copyright, 1917, by
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All rights reserved

First Impression, October, 1917
Second Impression, July, 1918

TO
WILLIAM J. FLYNN
CHIEF OF
THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
WHOSE UNTIRING EFFORTS
RID THIS COUNTRY OF FOREIGN SPIES
DURING THE WORLD’S GREATEST WAR