6CHAPTER III ARMING FOR THE STRUGGLE
215Chapter Thirty Tells a Strange Tale
7CHAPTER IV THE SPY
216Chapter Thirty One Contains the Conclusion
8CHAPTER V BOMBARDMENT OF NEWHAVEN
217CHAPTER I HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SERVICE
9CHAPTER VI LANDING OF THE FRENCH IN SUSSEX
218CHAPTER II WHY THE SAFE WAS OPENED
10CHAPTER VII BOMB OUTRAGES IN LONDON
219CHAPTER III THE HOUSE "OVER THE WATER"
11CHAPTER VIII FATEFUL DAYS FOR THE OLD FLAG
220CHAPTER IV IN WHICH THE MYSTERY INCREASES
12CHAPTER IX COUNT VON BEILSTEIN AT HOME
221CHAPTER V CONTAINS CERTAIN CONFIDENCES
13CHAPTER X A DEATH DRAUGHT
222CHAPTER VI THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS
14CHAPTER XI THE MASSACRE AT EASTBOURNE
223CHAPTER VII CONTAINS A SURPRISE
15CHAPTER XII IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS
224CHAPTER VIII LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM
16CHAPTER XIII FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE CHANNEL
225CHAPTER IX STRANGE DISCLOSURES ARE MADE
17CHAPTER XIV BATTLE OFF BEACHY HEAD
226CHAPTER X I SHOW MY HAND
18BOOK II THE STRUGGLE
227CHAPTER XI THE CASTLE OF THE TERROR
19CHAPTER XV THE DOOM OF HULL
228CHAPTER XII "THE STRANGLER"
20CHAPTER XVI TERROR ON THE TYNE
229CHAPTER XIII A DOUBLE GAME AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
21CHAPTER XVII HELP FROM OUR COLONIES
230CHAPTER XIV HER HIGHNESS IS INQUISITIVE
22CHAPTER XVIII RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE MIDLANDS
231CHAPTER XV JUST OFF THE STRAND
23CHAPTER XIX FALL OF BIRMINGHAM
232CHAPTER XVI MARKED MEN
24CHAPTER XX OUR REVENGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
233CHAPTER XVII THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "LOLA"
25CHAPTER XXI A NAVAL FIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
234CHAPTER XVIII CONTAINS ELMA'S STORY
26CHAPTER XXII PANIC IN LANCASHIRE
235CONCLUSION
27CHAPTER XXIII THE EVE OF BATTLE
236IF ENGLAND KNEW
28CHAPTER XXIV MANCHESTER ATTACKED BY RUSSIANS
237THE PERIL OF ENGLAND WHO IS RIGHT?
29CHAPTER XXV GALLANT DEEDS BY CYCLISTS
238CHAPTER I HOW THE PLANS OF ROSYTH WERE STOLEN
30CHAPTER XXVI GREAT BATTLE ON THE MERSEY
239CHAPTER II THE SECRET OF THE SILENT SUBMARINE
31CHAPTER XXVII THE FATE OF THE VANQUISHED
240CHAPTER III THE BACK-DOOR OF ENGLAND
32BOOK III THE VICTORY
241CHAPTER IV HOW THE GERMANS ARE PREPARING FOR INVASION
33CHAPTER XXVIII A SHABBY WAYFARER
242CHAPTER V THE SECRET OF THE NEW BRITISH AEROPLANE
34CHAPTER XXIX LANDING OF THE ENEMY AT LEITH
243CHAPTER VI THE SECRET OF THE NEW ARMOUR-PLATES
35CHAPTER XXX ATTACK ON EDINBURGH
244CHAPTER VII THE SECRET OF THE IMPROVED "DREADNOUGHT"
36CHAPTER XXXI "THE DEMON OF WAR"
245CHAPTER VIII THE GERMAN PLOT AGAINST ENGLAND
37CHAPTER XXXII FRIGHTFUL SLAUGHTER OUTSIDE GLASGOW
246CHAPTER IX THE SECRET OF OUR NEW GUN
38CHAPTER XXXIII MARCH OF THE FRENCH ON LONDON
247CHAPTER X THE SECRET OF THE CLYDE DEFENCES
39CHAPTER XXXIV LOOTING IN THE SUBURBS
248CHAPTER XI THE PERIL OF LONDON
40CHAPTER XXXV LONDON BOMBARDED
249CHAPTER XII HOW GERMANY FOMENTS STRIFE
41CHAPTER XXXVI BABYLON BURNING
250CHAPTER XIII OUR WIRELESS SECRETS
42CHAPTER XXXVII FIGHTING ON THE SURREY HILLS
251CHAPTER XIV PLAYING A DESPERATE GAME
43CHAPTER XXXVIII NAVAL BATTLE OFF DUNGENESS
252Chapter One The Madcap
44CHAPTER XXXIX THE DAY OF RECKONING
253Chapter Two An Audience of the Emperor
45CHAPTER XL "FOR ENGLAND!"
254Chapter Three Contains Certain Confidences
46CHAPTER XLI DAWN
255Chapter Four Concerns Madame de Rosen
47PREFACE
256Chapter Five The Man in Pince-Nez
48BOOK I THE ATTACK
257Chapter Six Relates a Sensation
49CHAPTER I THE SURPRISE
258Chapter Seven Tells Tragic Truths
50CHAPTER II EFFECT IN THE CITY
259Chapter Eight Describes a Mysterious Incident
51CHAPTER III NEWS OF THE ENEMY
260Chapter Nine The Little Grand Duchess
52CHAPTER IV A PROPHECY FULFILLED
261Chapter Ten Reveals Two Facts
53CHAPTER V OUR FLEET TAKEN UNAWARES
262Chapter Eleven His Excellency General Markoff
54CHAPTER VI FIERCE CRUISER BATTLE
263Chapter Twelve Watchers in the Night
55CHAPTER VII CONTINUATION OF THE STRUGGLE AT SEA
264Chapter Thirteen The Catspaw
56CHAPTER VIII SITUATION IN THE NORTH
265Chapter Fourteen Such is the Law
57CHAPTER IX STATE OF SIEGE DECLARED
266Chapter Fifteen A Statement by the Informer
58CHAPTER X HOW THE ENEMY DEALT THE BLOW
267Chapter Sixteen Incognita!
59CHAPTER XI GERMANS LANDING AT HULL AND GOOLE
268Chapter Seventeen Her Highness is Outspoken
60CHAPTER XII DESPERATE FIGHTING IN ESSEX
269Chapter Eighteen Shows Hartwig’s Anxiety
61CHAPTER XIII DEFENCE AT LAST
270Chapter Nineteen Orders in Cipher
62CHAPTER XIV BRITISH SUCCESS AT ROYSTON
271Chapter Twenty The Land of No Return
63CHAPTER XV BRITISH ABANDON COLCHESTER
272Chapter Twenty One Hot Haste across Asia
64CHAPTER XVI FIERCE FIGHTING AT CHELMSFORD
273Chapter Twenty Two In the Night
65CHAPTER XVII IN THE ENEMY’S HANDS
274Chapter Twenty Three Identification!
66CHAPTER XVIII THE FEELING IN LONDON
275Chapter Twenty Four The Journey’s End
67BOOK II THE SIEGE OF LONDON
276Chapter Twenty Five Luba Makes a Statement
68CHAPTER I THE LINES OF LONDON
277Chapter Twenty Six Not in the Newspapers
69CHAPTER II REPULSE OF THE GERMANS
278Chapter Twenty Seven At Tzarskoie-Selo
70CHAPTER III BATTLE OF EPPING
279Chapter Twenty Eight The Emperor’s Favourite
71CHAPTER IV BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON
280Chapter Twenty Nine Presents another Problem
72CHAPTER V THE RAIN OF DEATH
281Chapter Thirty Reveals the Gulf
73CHAPTER VI FALL OF LONDON
282Chapter Thirty One The Painful Truth
74CHAPTER VII TWO PERSONAL NARRATIVES
283Chapter Thirty Two At What Cost!
75CHAPTER VIII GERMANS SACKING THE BANKS
284Chapter Thirty Three Describes a Momentous Audience
76CHAPTER IX WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT SEA
285Chapter Thirty Four The Emperor’s Command
77CHAPTER X SITUATION SOUTH OF THE THAMES
286Chapter Thirty Five “From Our Own Correspondent”
78CHAPTER XI DEFENCES OF SOUTH LONDON
287Chapter Thirty Six Describes To-day
79CHAPTER XII DAILY LIFE OF THE BELEAGUERED
288Chapter One The Nile Travellers
80CHAPTER XIII REVOLTS IN SHOREDITCH AND ISLINGTON
289Chapter Two Arouses Certain Suspicions
81BOOK III THE REVENGE
290Chapter Three In the Holy of Holies
82CHAPTER I A BLOW FOR FREEDOM
291Chapter Four Contains a Bitter Truth
83CHAPTER II SCENES AT WATERLOO BRIDGE
292Chapter Five A Surprise
84CHAPTER III GREAT BRITISH VICTORY
293Chapter Six More Concerning the Stranger
85CHAPTER IV MASSACRE OF GERMANS IN LONDON
294Chapter Seven The Night of the Golden Pig
86CHAPTER V HOW THE WAR ENDED
295Chapter Eight The Great Ghelardi
87Chapter One A State Secret
296Chapter Nine At Downing Street
88Chapter Two “The Nook”
297Chapter Ten Some Curious Stories
89Chapter Three A Mystery
298Chapter Eleven Strictly Incognita
90Chapter Four The Click of the Telegraph
299Chapter Twelve The King’s Confidences
91Chapter Five Lord Warnham’s Admission
300Chapter Thirteen His Majesty’s Secret
92Chapter Six The Veil
301Chapter Fourteen Is Mainly Problematical
93Chapter Seven Ella’s Suspicions
302Chapter Fifteen Behind the Throne
94Chapter Eight “I Dare Not!”
303Chapter Sixteen Her Royal Highness
95Chapter Nine The Bond of Secrecy
304Chapter Seventeen The Cipher Dispatch
96Chapter Ten England’s Peril
305Chapter Eighteen Told in the Café Métropole
97Chapter Eleven Beck’s Prophecy
306Chapter Nineteen At the Court Ball
98Chapter Twelve An Important Dispatch
307Chapter Twenty Reveals Hubert’s Secret
99Chapter Thirteen A Statement to the Press
308Chapter Twenty One A Confidential Report
100Chapter Fourteen Sonia
309Chapter Twenty Two “The Thrush”
101Chapter Fifteen Beyond Recall
310Chapter Twenty Three Her Highness’s Warning
102Chapter Sixteen Advice Gratis
311Chapter Twenty Four Room Number 164
103Chapter Seventeen A Spy’s Story
312Chapter Twenty Five Government Secrets
104Chapter Eighteen Some Surprises
313Chapter Twenty Six Gathering Clouds
105Chapter Nineteen A Blade of Grass
314Chapter Twenty Seven Reveals an Intrigue
106Chapter Twenty Undercurrents of Diplomacy
315Chapter Twenty Eight The Eyewitness
107Chapter Twenty One In Kensington Gardens
316Chapter Twenty Nine Reveals the Bondage
108Chapter Twenty Two To Err is Human
317Chapter Thirty Mijoux Flobecq
109Chapter Twenty Three A Terrible Truth
318Chapter Thirty One The Bond Revealed
110Chapter Twenty Four Strictly Confidential
319Chapter Thirty Two Through the Night
111Chapter Twenty Five The Man of the Hour
320Chapter Thirty Three Spreading the Net
112Chapter Twenty Six A Mission and its Sequel
321Chapter Thirty Four The Truth is Told
113Chapter Twenty Seven Cosmopolitans
322Chapter One The Waters of the Meuse
114Chapter Twenty Eight Her Imperial Highness
323Chapter Two The Rising Cloud
115Chapter Twenty Nine The Seal of Silence
324Chapter Three The Heart’s Desire
116Chapter Thirty Honour among Thieves
325Chapter Four The Man from Cologne
117Chapter Thirty One Due East
326Chapter Five Bursting of the Storm
118Chapter Thirty Two On the Frontier
327Chapter Six In the Trenches before Liège
119Chapter Thirty Three Bad Company
328Chapter Seven In the Eagle’s Claws
120Chapter Thirty Four Outcast
329Chapter Eight The Double Face
121Chapter Thirty Five Confession
330Chapter Nine The Kaiser’s Secret Agent
122Chapter Thirty Six The Thrall
331Chapter Ten The Hôtel de L’Épée
123Chapter Thirty Seven Conclusion
332Chapter Eleven This Word of the Uhlan
124CHAPTER I — UNDER ORDERS
333Chapter Twelve The Fugitives
125CHAPTER II — JUDITH
334Chapter Thirteen Before the Storm
126CHAPTER III — THE SHADOW
335Chapter Fourteen Held by the Enemy
127CHAPTER IV — THE FACE AND THE MASK
336Chapter Fifteen Betrays the Traitor
128CHAPTER V — THE STATEMENT OF ANN PRIMROSE
337Chapter Sixteen The Fire of Fate
129CHAPTER VI — IN CYPHER
338Chapter Seventeen In Deadly Peril
130CHAPTER VII — HER MAJESTY'S AMBASSADOR
339Chapter Eighteen The Gulf of Shadows
131CHAPTER VIII — A MASTER STROKE
340Chapter One The Man of the Moment
132CHAPTER IX — AT THE STATE BALL
341Chapter Two The Suspicions of Elise
133CHAPTER X — HER HIGHNESS'S CONFIDENCE
342Chapter Three The House in Wimpole Street
134CHAPTER XI — WILES AND WISDOM
343Chapter Four His Dying Words
135CHAPTER XII — A DESPATCH FROM DOWNING-STREET
344Chapter Five Certain Curious Facts
136CHAPTER XIII — THE ROSE OF LOVE
345Chapter Six Reveals the Victim
137CHAPTER XIV — THE EVIL OF THE HAPSBOURGS
346Chapter Seven The Spider’s Web
138CHAPTER XV — AN AFFINITY OF SOULS
347Chapter Eight Toilers of the North Sea
139CHAPTER XVI — SECRET SERVICE
348Chapter Nine To “Number 70 Berlin”
140CHAPTER XVII — THE KING'S MESSAGE
349Chapter Ten The Khaki Cult
141CHAPTER XVIII — A VOICE IN THE NIGHT
350Chapter Eleven The Enemy’s Cipher
142CHAPTER XIX — MELANIE'S FEAR
351Chapter Twelve On Thin Ice
143CHAPTER XX — AT THE BRITISH LEGATION
352Chapter Thirteen Towards the Brink
144CHAPTER XXI — WHAT JUDITH KNEW
353Chapter Fourteen Held by the Enemy
145CHAPTER XXII — THE PRINCESS ASKS A FAVOUR
354Chapter Fifteen The Working of “Number 70”
146CHAPTER XXIII — EVEN MORE CURIOUS
355Chapter Sixteen The Catspaw
147CHAPTER XXIV — CONFESSION
356Chapter Seventeen The Super-Spy
148CHAPTER XXV — CONCLUSION
357Chapter Eighteen Tom Small Receives Visitors
149Chapter One His Excellency
358Chapter Nineteen Days of Darkness
150Chapter Two Two Enigmas
359Chapter Twenty Told at Dawn
151Chapter Three Yolande
360Foreword
152Chapter Four A Curious Story
361Chapter One The Rift in the Clouds
153Chapter Five La Comtesse
362Chapter Two Our Invincible Navy
154Chapter Six A Piece of Plain Paper
363Chapter Three The Coming Victory on Land
155Chapter Seven By a Thread
364Chapter Four Our Mastery of the Air
156Chapter Eight The Old Love
365Chapter Five Britain’s Unshakable Resolve
157Chapter Nine At the Elysée
366Chapter Six The Terror in Germany
158Chapter Ten Confession
367Chapter Seven Germany’s Bankrupt Future
159Chapter Eleven Deane Speaks his Mind
368Chapter Eight The Invisible Hand
160Chapter Twelve The English Tea-Shop
369Chapter Nine Compulsory Service Britain’s Master-Stroke
161Chapter Thirteen The Spy’s Report
370Chapter Ten Germany’s Colossal Blunders
162Chapter Fourteen Smart Paris
371Chapter Eleven Victory with Honour
163Chapter Fifteen Across the Channel
372Chapter Twelve “Never Again”
164Chapter Sixteen Dawn
373Chapter One Over a “Gasper”
165Chapter Seventeen Edith Austin
374Chapter Two The Murder-Machines
166Chapter Eighteen By Day and by Night
375Chapter Three The Brown Deal Box
167Chapter Nineteen Whispered Words
376Chapter Four Concerns the Secret
168Chapter Twenty From Downing Street to Paris
377Chapter Five The Raid on London
169Chapter Twenty One The Sister Arts
378Chapter Six Theed’s Strange Story
170Chapter Twenty Two Perfume and Politics
379Chapter Seven Reveals a Plot
171Chapter Twenty Three Princess Léonie
380Chapter Eight Some Suspicions
172Chapter Twenty Four In the Forest of Fontainebleau
381Chapter Nine Contains More Curious Facts
173Chapter Twenty Five England’s Enemies
382Chapter Ten The Tunnel Mystery
174Chapter Twenty Six A Woman’s Heart
383Chapter Eleven The Signalman’s Story
175Chapter Twenty Seven The Unexpected
384Chapter Twelve Reveals an Astounding Fact
176Chapter Twenty Eight On the Crooked Way
385Chapter Thirteen The Leopard’s Eyes
177Chapter Twenty Nine Kaye is Puzzled
386Chapter Fourteen False or True?
178Chapter Thirty Knights of Industry
387Chapter Fifteen Concerns Harold Hale
179Chapter Thirty One The Red Ass
388Chapter Sixteen At Holly Farm
180Chapter Thirty Two Betrayal
389Chapter Seventeen Not Counting the Cost
181Chapter Thirty Three Which Contains a Surprise
390Chapter Eighteen The Tri-Coloured Rings
182Chapter Thirty Four At Bordighera
391Chapter Nineteen Flashes in the Night
183Chapter Thirty Five In which Edith Speaks Plainly
392Chapter Twenty Those “Eyes!”
184Chapter Thirty Six The Secret
393Chapter Twenty One Roseye’s Secret
185Chapter Thirty Seven Conclusion
394Chapter Twenty Two More Devil’s Work
186Chapter One Is mainly about a Man
395Chapter Twenty Three The “L39”
187Chapter Two Concerns Claudia’s Caprice
396Preface About Gerry Sant
188Chapter Three In which Dudley Chisholm is Frank
397Chapter One Espionage in Piccadilly
189Chapter Four Reveals a Peccant Passion
398Chapter Two Spying on Spies
190Chapter Five Describes an English Home
399Chapter Three Berlin’s Secret Code
191Chapter Six In which the Colonel grows Mysterious
400Chapter Four The Hidden Hand in Britain
192Chapter Seven Unites Reality with Romance
401Chapter Five The Perfumed Card
193Chapter Eight Shows a Politician and a Policy
402Chapter Six In the “Personal” Column
194Chapter Nine Defines the Dazzling Degradation
403Chapter Seven The Elusive Van Rosen
195Chapter Ten Makes Plain a Woman’s Duty
404Chapter Eight “One of the Naturalised”
196Chapter Eleven Discloses an Ugly Truth
405Chapter Nine The Secret of the Perfume
197Chapter Twelve Is Distinctly Enigmatical
406Chapter Ten The Mystery of Blind Heinrich
198Chapter Thirteen Takes Dudley by a By-Path
407Chapter Eleven An Air Raid on London
199Chapter Fourteen Which Demands Explanation
408Chapter Twelve The Secret of the Ribbon
200Chapter Fifteen Is told in the Grass Country
409Chapter Thirteen How Berlin Obtains Information
201Chapter Sixteen Suggests a Double Problem
410Chapter Fourteen The Great Submarine Plot
202Chapter Seventeen Recounts Curious Circumstances
411Chapter Fifteen The Real Mr Engström
203Chapter Eighteen Introduces an Interesting Person
412Chapter Sixteen In a Tight Corner
204Chapter Nineteen A Man of Secrets Speaks
413Chapter Seventeen “The Plot Revealed”
205Chapter Twenty Throws Light on the Past
414Chapter Eighteen The Mysterious Cylinders
206Chapter Twenty One Sows Seeds of Suspicion
415Chapter Nineteen Spy’s Letter Deciphered
207Chapter Twenty Two Requires Solution
416Chapter Twenty A Message from the Herrengasse
208Chapter Twenty Three Records some Matters of Fact
417Chapter Twenty One The Admiral’s Secret
209Chapter Twenty Four Contrasts Two Loves