Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

THE GREAT WAR OF 189—

THE BOMBARDMENT OF VARNA.

‘A black mass of some kind was seen to drop from the Russian balloon; as it reached the level of tallest buildings it suddenly exploded, its course being marked by crashing buildings and falling ruins.’

Frontispiece.

THE
GREAT WAR OF 189—
A FORECAST

BY
REAR-ADMIRAL P. COLOMB COLONEL J. F. MAURICE, R.A., CAPTAIN F. N. MAUDE, ARCHIBALD FORBES, CHARLES LOWE, D. CHRISTIE MURRAY AND F. SCUDAMORE
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES SPECIALLY MADE FOR ‘BLACK AND WHITE’ BY F. VILLIERS
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1895
SECOND EDITION
First Edition, December, 1892

NOTE.

The following narrative appeared originally in the pagesof Black and White, the work being the outcome of consultationsbetween some of the most eminent authorities uponmodern warfare and international politics. The story hasbeen carefully revised, and is now reprinted in response toa general wish that it should be available in a convenientform.

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CONTENTS

PAGE
 
Attempted Assassination of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria,1
 
Russian Movement upon the Austrian Frontier,26
 
Interview between General Caprivi and the French Ambassador,30
 
Departure of Troops to the East,32
 
Banquet in the Schloss,33
 
Ill-treatment of a War-correspondent by the German Hussars,37
 
The Austrian Plan of Campaign,40
 
First Collision of Russian and German Troops,...

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