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THE GREAT WAR OF 189— A FORECAST NOTE. CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRINCE FERDINAND OF BULGARIA.

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RUSSIAN MOVEMENT UPON THE AUSTRIAN FRONTIER. INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENERAL CAPRIVI AND THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR. DEPARTURE OF TROOPS TO THE EAST. BANQUET IN THE SCHLOSS.

Departure of the Emperor for the East.

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.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE. The President speaks—‘A Berlin!’

DECLARATION OF WAR BY FRANCE.

With the German Fleet in the Baltic. Engagement off Dantzig—Sinking of a Russian Torpedo-Boat.

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 SKIERNIWIÇE.

GREAT BATTLE ON THE GALICIAN FRONTIER.

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.

MOBILISATION OF THE SECOND CORPS. EMBODIMENT OF THE MILITIA. CALLING OUT THE VOLUNTEERS.

THE POSITION OF AFFAIRS. PREPARATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. THE BATTLE OF SARDINIA.

FLIGHT OF THE FRENCH SQUADRON.

THE FRANCO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN—CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT NEAR LIGNY. ENGAGEMENT AT VAUX CHAMPAGNE. THE BATTLE OF MACHAULT.

THE LESSON OF THE FIGHT.

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.

LORD CHARLES SCOTT OBJECTS.

INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE ADMIRALTY. THE FRANCO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN—THE GERMAN ADVANCE. ADVANCE OF THE SECOND AND THIRD ARMIES ON PARIS.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS. RIOTING IN RHEIMS.

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.

SIR CHARLES TUPPER ON IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

‘THE GREAT WAR OF 18—’:

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