| | | | All misery avoided is a good work in the eye of our Sovereign Judge, | | who sees all men. | | | | I earnestly urge you to heed this advice, and I trust in you. | | | | Take notice! | | | | =VON KRONHELM,= | | =Commanding the Imperial German Army.= | | | | German Military Headquarters, | | Whitehall, London, _September 20, 1910_. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ sky. Above Leigh Woods the lark rose high in the sky, trilling his song, and the bells of Bristol rang out as merrily as they ever did, and above the Colston Hall still floated the Royal Standard--a sign that the House had not yet adjourned. While Von Kronhelm held London, Lord Byfield and the remnant of the British Army, who had suffered such defeat in Essex and north of London, had, four days later, retreated to Chichester and Salisbury, where reorganisation was in rapid progress. One division of the defeated troops had encamped at Horsham. The survivors of those who had fought the battle of Charnwood Forest, and had acted so gallantly in the defence of Birmingham, were now encamped on the Malvern Hills, while the defenders of Manchester were at Shrewsbury. Speaking roughly, therefore, our vanquished troops were massing at four points, in an endeavour to make a last attack upon the invader. The Commander-in-Chief, Lord Byfield, was near Salisbury, and at any hour he knew that the German legions might push westward from London to meet him and to complete the _coup_.