Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 60155-h.htm or 60155-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60155/60155-h/60155-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60155/60155-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/penpicturesofbri00londiala PEN PICTURES OF BRITISH BATTLES Painted by Author and Artist. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd. 1917. CONTENTS. PAGE I.--THE VICTORY OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS 5 _By Dr. Richard Wilson._ II.--THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE 11 _By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle._ III.--A GLIMPSE OF CANADA IN FLANDERS 17 _By Lord Beaverbrook._ IV.--THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES 23 _By John Buchan._ V.--THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND BANK 29 _By H. W. Wilson._ VI.--THE CHARGE AT LOOS OF THE LONDON IRISH 39 VII.--THE LANDING AT V BEACH, NEAR SEDD-EL-BAHR 43 _By John Masefield._ VIII.--THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME 49 _By Philip Gibbs._ IX.--THE MOONLIGHT BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD 53 _By Edmund Candler._ X.--THE BATTLE OF ARRAS 59 _By Philip Gibbs._ XI.--WARFARE UNDER WATER 67 _By Rudyard Kipling._ EDITOR’S NOTE. _Though Sir Walter Besant called War correspondents “the scene painters of history,” it may be questioned whether any pen or brush, trained on the land, sea and air battles of the present War, can depict more than a corner of the great devastating drama._ _This little book, embracing extracts from famous books, may help the reader to visualise some of the outstanding battles in which Britain has played a not inconspicuous part; and if they inspire those still fighting, and those behind them in support, with a firmer confidence and a greater endurance--if, too, these records of undaunted heroism, often against odds, enlighten readers in other lands as to the character of British fighting men--their publication in this informal style will be justified._ _Full acknowledgment is here made to the authors and publishers who have kindly permitted quotation; and to the proprietors of two great illustrated weekly papers who have lent for reproduction original sketches appearing in their pages._ _April, 1917._ [Illustration: THE BRITISH VICTORY OFF THE FALKLANDS: FIRST STAGE OF THE ACTION BETWEEN BRITISH BATTLE-CRUISERS AND THE GERMAN ARMOURED CRUISERS. _Reproduced by permission of “The Illustrated London News.”_] I. THE VICTORY OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.[A]