The Great War of 189-: A Forecast

Previous
P. H. Colomb

NOTE.

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRINCE FERDINAND OF BULGARIA.

RUSSIAN MOVEMENT UPON THE AUSTRIAN FRONTIER.

INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENERAL CAPRIVI AND THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.

DEPARTURE OF TROOPS TO THE EAST.

BANQUET IN THE SCHLOSS.

ILL-TREATMENT OF A WAR-CORRESPONDENT BY THE GERMAN HUSSARS.

THE AUSTRIAN PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.

FIRST COLLISION OF RUSSIAN AND GERMAN TROOPS.

WARLIKE EXCITEMENT IN PARIS.

DECLARATION OF WAR BY FRANCE.

THE GERMAN PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.

THE FRENCH PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.

PUBLIC FEELING IN ENGLAND.

BATTLE AT ALEXANDROVO.

OCCUPATION OF ALEXANDROVO BY THE GERMANS.

CAPTURE OF CZENSTOCHAU BY PRINCE GEORGE OF SAXONY.

NIGHT ATTACK BY THE RUSSIANS.

REPULSE OF THE GERMAN ARMY.

EXCITEMENT IN BRUSSELS.

THE MEETING OF THE FOUR FLEETS.

RETREAT OF FRENCH CRUISERS.

ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE LANDING OF BRITISH TROOPS AT TREBIZONDE.

REPULSE OF THE RUSSIANS.

THE RUSSO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN GREAT BATTLE AT SKIERNIWIaeE.

ITALY MOBILISES HER ARMY, AND TAKES THE FIELD AGAINST FRANCE.

THE COUNCIL OF WAR

ITALIAN ROUTE THROUGH THE RIVIERA.

BATTLE OF COSTEBELLE.

THE LANDING AT TREBIZONDE.

MOBILISATION OF THE FIRST ARMY CORPS.

RUSSIA DECLARES WAR AGAINST ENGLAND.

DECLARATION OF WAR IN LONDON.

THE POSITION OF AFFAIRS.

PREPARATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.

THE BATTLE OF SARDINIA.

THE FRANCO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT NEAR LIGNY.

ENGAGEMENT AT VAUX CHAMPAGNE.

THE BATTLE OF MACHAULT.

THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST THE CAPTURE OF VLADIVOSTOCK.

EVENTS IN THE EAST OF EUROPE.

ARRIVAL OF BRITISH TROOPS IN THE SEA OF MARMORA.

FEELING IN AUSTRALIA.

INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE ADMIRALTY.

THE FRANCO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

ADVANCE OF THE SECOND AND THIRD ARMIES ON PARIS.

THE MARCH UPON THE FRENCH CAPITAL.

BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN BULGARIA.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF VARNA.

ROUT OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY.

THE BATTLE OF KOSLUJI.

ENTHUSIASM IN CAIRO.

FRENCH INTRIGUES IN EGYPT.

FIERCE BATTLE NEAR WADY HALFA.

THE FRANCO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN RESCUE OF PARIS.

ADVANCE OF GENERAL DE GALLIFFET.

BRISK CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT.

GREAT VICTORY OF THE FRENCH.

THE GENERAL SITUATION.

CAPTURE OF SIERRA LEONE BY THE FRENCH.

SIEGE OF HERAT.

DISPATCH OF TROOPS BY THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TO INDIA.

CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES FRANCE AND GERMANY.

ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

THE SERVICES OF ENGLAND.

GENERAL EFFECTS OF THE WAR.

APPENDIX.

THE GREAT WAR OF 18 ':

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

THE GREAT WAR OF 189—

THE BOMBARDMENT OF VARNA.

‘A black mass of some kind was seen to drop from the Russian balloon; as it reached the level of tallest buildings it suddenly exploded, its course being marked by crashing buildings and falling ruins.’

Frontispiece.

THE
GREAT WAR OF 189—
A FORECAST

BY
REAR-ADMIRAL P. COLOMB COLONEL J. F. MAURICE, R.A., CAPTAIN F. N. MAUDE, ARCHIBALD FORBES, CHARLES LOWE, D. CHRISTIE MURRAY AND F. SCUDAMORE
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES SPECIALLY MADE FOR ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ BY F. VILLIERS
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1895
SECOND EDITION
First Edition, December, 1892
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Clyx.com


Top of Page
Top of Page