Chapter XXVII

SPIES OF THE KAISER Plotting the Downfall of England By William Le Queux CONTENTS IF ENGLAND KNEW THE PERIL OF ENGLAND CHAPTER I HOW THE PLANS OF ROSYTH WERE STOLEN CHAPTER II THE SECRET OF THE SILENT SUBMARINE CHAPTER III THE BACK-DOOR OF ENGLAND CHAPTER IV HOW THE GERMANS ARE PREPARING FOR INVASION CHAPTER V THE SECRET OF THE NEW BRITISH AEROPLANE CHAPTER VI THE SECRET OF THE NEW ARMOUR-PLATES CHAPTER VII THE SECRET OF THE IMPROVED "DREADNOUGHT" CHAPTER VIII THE GERMAN PLOT AGAINST ENGLAND CHAPTER IX THE SECRET OF OUR NEW GUN CHAPTER X THE SECRET OF THE CLYDE DEFENCES CHAPTER XI THE PERIL OF LONDON CHAPTER XII HOW GERMANY FOMENTS STRIFE CHAPTER XIII OUR WIRELESS SECRETS CHAPTER XIV PLAYING A DESPERATE GAME

THE SECRETS OF POTSDAM By William Le Queux

CONTENTS Secret Number One The Tragedy of the Leutenbergs Secret Number Two The Crown-prince's Revenge Secret Number Three How The Kaiser Persecuted a Princess Secret Number Four The Mysterious Frau Kleist Secret Number Five The Girl Who Knew the Crown-prince's Secret Secret Number Six The Affair of the Hunchbacked Countess Secret Number Seven The British Girl Who Baulked the Kaiser Secret Number Eight How the Crown-prince Was Blackmailed Secret Number Nine The Crown-prince's Escapade in London Secret Number Ten How the Kaiser Escaped Assassination Note Added by Count Ernst Von Heltzendorff

THE INVASION By William Le Queux PREFACE. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. BOOK II. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. BOOK III. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V.

THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND IN 1897 By William Le Queux CONTENTS BOOK I THE INVASION CHAP. PAGE I. THE SHADOW OF MOLOCH 13 II. A TOTTERING EMPIRE 19 III. ARMING FOR THE STRUGGLE 23 IV. THE SPY 28 V. BOMBARDMENT OF NEWHAVEN 35 VI. LANDING OF THE FRENCH IN SUSSEX 40 VII. BOMB OUTRAGES IN LONDON 44 VIII. FATEFUL DAYS FOR THE OLD FLAG 49 IX. COUNT VON BEILSTEIN AT HOME 56 X. A DEATH DRAUGHT 61 XI. THE MASSACRE AT EASTBOURNE 65 XII. IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS 70 XIII. FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE CHANNEL 75 XIV. BATTLE OFF BEACHY HEAD 85

BOOK II THE STRUGGLE XV. THE DOOM OF HULL 99 XVI. TERROR ON THE TYNE 110 XVII. HELP FROM OUR COLONIES 125 [10] XVIII. RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE MIDLANDS 137 XIX. FALL OF BIRMINGHAM 150 XX. OUR REVENGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 162 XXI. A NAVAL FIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 174 XXII. PANIC IN LANCASHIRE 186 XXIII. THE EVE OF BATTLE 193 XXIV. MANCHESTER ATTACKED BY RUSSIANS 200 XXV. GALLANT DEEDS BY CYCLISTS 208 XXVI. GREAT BATTLE ON THE MERSEY 213 XXVII. THE FATE OF THE VANQUISHED 218