Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.
Merciless Monster of the Deep.
The murderous German submarine sighting its prey. Sinking under water itlaunched the fatal torpedo and its helpless victim, crowded with innocent men,women and children, was doomed.
HORRORS AND ATROCITIES
OF THE GREAT WAR
Including the Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania
A NEW KIND OF WARFARE
——COMPRISING——
The Desolation of Belgium, the Sacking of Louvain, the Shelling ofDefenseless Cities, the Wanton Destruction of Cathedrals and Works ofArt, the Horrors of Bomb Dropping
——VIVIDLY PORTRAYING——
The Grim Awfulness of this Greatest of All Wars Fought on Land and Sea, inthe Air and Under the Waves, Leaving in Its Wake a Dreadful Trail ofFamine and Pestilence
By LOGAN MARSHALL
Author of “The Sinking of the Titanic,” “Myths and
Legends of All Nations,” etc.
With Special Chapters by
SIR GILBERT PARKER
Author of “The Right of Way”
VANCE THOMPSON
Author of “Spinners of Life”
PHILIP GIBBS
Author of “The Street of Adventure,” Special
Correspondent on The London Daily Chronicle.
Illustrated
Copyright 1915
By L. T. MYERS
INTRODUCTION
“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least ofthese my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”—Jesus ofNazareth
The sight of all Europe engaged in the most terrificconflict in the history of mankind is a heartrendingspectacle. On the east, on the south and on thewest the blood-lust leaders have flung their deludedmillions upon unbending lines of steel, martyrs to theglorification of Mars.
We see millions of men taken from their homes, theirshops and their factories; we see them equipped andorganized and mobilized for the express purpose ofdevastating the homes of other men; we see themmaking wreckage of property; we see them wasting,with fire and sword, the accumulated efforts of generationsin the field of things material; we see the commerceof the world brought to a standstill, all itstransportation systems interrupte