Produced by Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Notes Table of Contents added by Transcriber. The text of the original book begins after the Contents. Boldface is indicated with =equals signs=, italics with _underscores_, superscripts with carets and braces ^{me}. CONTENTS CHAPTER I The “Scrap of Paper” 7 CHAPTER II Liége 23 CHAPTER III The Moral and Military Effect 38 CHAPTER IV The Belgian Army and Its Work 51 CHAPTER V The German Tidal Wave 69 CHAPTER VI The Germans in Brussels 87 CHAPTER VII The Final Hack 105 CHAPTER VIII The Crime of Louvain 120 CHAPTER IX The Politics of Rapine 142 CHAPTER X The Agony of Antwerp 154 Chronology of Chief Events 172 The Daily Telegraph WAR BOOKS HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM The Daily Telegraph WAR BOOKS =HOW THE WAR BEGAN= By W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D., and J. M. KENNEDY. =THE FLEETS AT WAR= By ARCHIBALD HURD. =THE CAMPAIGN OF SEDAN= By GEORGE HOOPER. =THE CAMPAIGN ROUND LIEGE= By J. M. KENNEDY. =IN THE FIRING LINE=: Stories of Actual Fighting by the Men who Fought. By A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK. =GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD= By STEPHEN CRANE, Author of “The Red Badge of Courage.” =THE RED CROSS IN WAR= By Miss M. F. BILLINGTON. =FORTY YEARS AFTER=: The Story of the Franco-German War. By H. C. BAILEY, with Introduction by W. L. COURTNEY, LL.D. =A SCRAP OF PAPER=: The Inner History of German Diplomacy. By Dr. E. J. DILLON. =HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR= By J. M. KENNEDY. =BRITISH REGIMENTS AT THE FRONT= The Glorious Story of their Battle Honours. =HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM= By EDMUND DANE. =AIRCRAFT IN WAR= By ERIC S. BRUCE. =FAMOUS FIGHTS OF INDIAN NATIVE REGIMENTS= By REGINALD HODDER. =THE RETREAT TO PARIS= By ROGER INGPEN. =MOTOR TRANSPORT IN WAR= By HORACE WYATT. =THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE= By MARR MURRAY. HODDER AND STOUGHTON HACKING THROUGH BELGIUM BY EDMUND DANE HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO MCMXIV PREFATORY NOTE