Transcriber’s Note The reasons for using extra spacing between some paragraphs were unclear to the Transcriber, so they were just replicated the same way in this eBook, and do not necessarily mean what they do in other eBooks. Other Notes will be found at the end of this eBook. [Illustration] The Daily Telegraph WAR BOOKS IN THE FIRING LINE The Daily Telegraph WAR BOOKS Cloth 1/- net each Post free 1/3 each 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 By A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD By STEPHEN CRANE Author of “The Red Badge of Courage.” BRITISH REGIMENTS AT THE FRONT The story of their Battle Honours. THE RED CROSS IN WAR By Miss MARY FRANCES BILLINGTON FORTY YEARS AFTER The Story of the Franco-German War. By H. C. BAILEY. With an Introduction by W. L. COURTNEY. LL.D. A SCRAP OF PAPER The Inner History of German Diplomacy. By E. J. DILLON HOW THE NATIONS WAGED WAR A companion volume to “How the War Began,” telling how the world faced Armageddon and how the British Army answered the call to arms. By J. M. KENNEDY AIR-CRAFT IN WAR By S. ERIC BRUCE FAMOUS FIGHTS OF INDIAN NATIVE REGIMENTS THE TRIUMPHANT RETREAT TO PARIS THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE _OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION_ PUBLISHED FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BY HODDER & STOUGHTON, WARWICK SQUARE LONDON, E.C. [Illustration: _Drawn by Philip Daddd._ _Copyright of The Sphere._ CHARGE OF BRITISH HUSSARS AGAINST GERMAN CUIRASSIERS IN A VILLAGE OF NORTHERN FRANCE. ] IN THE FIRING LINE STORIES OF THE WAR BY LAND AND SEA BY A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO MCMXIV CONTENTS I. THE BAPTISM OF FIRE 7 II. THE FOUR DAYS’ BATTLE NEAR MONS 16 III. THE DESTRUCTION OF LOUVAIN 73 IV. THE FIGHT IN THE NORTH SEA 90 V. FROM MONS TO THE WALLS OF PARIS 111 VI. THE SPIRIT OF VICTORY 185 IN THE FIRING LINE I THE BAPTISM OF FIRE “_E’en now their vanguard gathers, E’en now we face the fray._” KIPLING.--_Hymn before Action._