“The Commander of a division, with whom I spent the last few days, said to me in a tone of deep conviction:  ’Nobody must talk lightly of English soldiers in my presence.  Their bravery and the extraordinary courage of English officers compels my admiration.  Regimental commanders and staff officers advanced in the first line of their troops.  They fight and fall by the side of their men.  I saw several high officers killed myself.’  Besides, I have heard his Excellency’s words confirmed by many of his officers."[234]

[Footnote 234:  Julius Hirsch; War Correspondent with the German Army, in the Fraenkischer Kurier, October 22nd, 1915.]

In a previous work the author has expressed the opinion that Great Britain must employ all her strength in this, the greatest of all wars, and in concluding this work he repeats that warning still more emphatically.  Only a true realization of the inevitable fact that British democracy is on trial by battle—­“man to man and steel to steel”—­will give the necessary courage, endurance, faith and hope to bring the issue to a victorious end.

THE END

INDEX

Alleged Ill-Treatment of Germans in Belgium
Appreciation, a German, of England
Atrocities
Attack on Liege by a Zeppelin
Attitude of Germany and Austria
Austrian mobilization

Battle of the Marne
Belgian kindness to Germans
Belgrade during the crisis
Bethmann-Hollweg falsely accuses Russia of causing the war
Bismarck
Britain’s position in the world
British
  accused of plundering
  Army
  General Staff’s guide-books to Belgium
  inefficiency
  Navy
  Socialists
Brutal treatment of foreigners in Germany

Courage of British Army

Demonstrations in Favour of War
Diplomatic battles

England’s Attitude
  heir
  neutrality, German offers for
Excitement in Germany

French Airmen, Alleged Attack near Nuremberg
  alleged attack on Frankfort

German Brutality towards Germans
  Chancellor’s speech in the Reichstag
  comment on the conference proposal
  Crown Prince
  frontiers, alleged violation by the French
  General Staff, did it conspire to bring about war? 
German efficiency
  invasion of France
  losses
  methods
  mobilization
  nerves
  opinion of England
  plundering
  Press plays Germany a foul trick
  provocation to Belgians before the war
  State, a Nirvana
German Socialists
  and conscription
  and universal peace
  cheer the announcement that Germany had invaded two neutral countries
  help Kaiser’s government
  support the war
  vote for a war of aggression
  why they supported the war
German Socialists’ attitude to England
  campaign against Russia