Germany, on the other hand, emerged with an additional 21,000 miles of European territory, with an extended seaboard on the North Sea, fronting the United Kingdom at Rotterdam and the Texel, and, it was calculated, with a slight pecuniary advantage. Practically the entire cost of the war had been borne by England. As is always the case, the poor suffered most. The Socialists, who had declared against armaments, were faithless friends of those whom they professed to champion. Their dream of a golden age proved utterly delusive. But the true authors of England's misfortunes escaped blame for the moment, and the Army and Navy were made the scapegoats of the great catastrophe. When success did come, it came too late, and could not be utilised without a great British Army capable of carrying the war into the enemy's country, and thus compelling a satisfactory peace. THE END. PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES. * * * * * Transcriber's note Obvious punctuation errors were corrected. Hyphens removed: "hill[-]side" (page 152), "look[-]out" (page 221), "mid[-]day" (page 149), "night[-]fall" (page 157), "rear[-]guard" (page 142), "sharp[-]shooters" (page 191), "wide[-]spread (page 230). Hyphen added: "by[-]ways" (page 224). The following words appear both with and without hyphens and have not been changed: "back[-]waters", "motor[-]omnibuses", "pickel[-]haubes". Page 43: the double quotation mark after "Well, Mr. Mayor," was changed to a single quotation mark. Page 50: "communciation" changed to "communication" (established direct communication). Page 60: "to" changed to "the" (came the VIIth Army Corps). Page 76: "thei" changed to "their" (some of their field batteries). Page 85: "Aryglls" changed to "Argylls". Page 89: "squardon" changed to "squadron" (squadron after squadron). Page 143: "fellow" changed to "fellows" (hundreds of poor fellows). Page 166: "fo" changed to "for" (for our salvation). Page 178: "Shepheard's Bush" changed to "Shepherd's Bush". Page 187: "Rosyln Hill" changed to "Roslyn Hill". Page 253: added "as" (and as soon as fired on).