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[Illustration: cover--THE CHILDREN'S STORY OF THE WAR

By Sir Edward Parrott, M.A., LL.D.]




[Illustration: British Soldiers crossing the Aisne. (_See page 244._)]




  THE CHILDREN'S STORY OF THE WAR

  by
  SIR EDWARD PARROTT, M.A., LL.D.
  AUTHOR OF "BRITAIN OVERSEAS," "THE PAGEANT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE," ETC.


  From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp.


  THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
  LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN, AND NEW YORK




  _Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!_
        _To all the sensual world proclaim,_
  _One crowded hour of glorious life_
        _Is worth an age without a name._

    Sir Walter Scott




  CONTENTS.


       I. The French Army                                        1

      II. The First Clash of Arms                               11

     III. The Fall of Namur                                     17

      IV. The Battle of Mons                                    26

       V. Soldiers' Stories of the Battle of Mons               33

      VI. The Russian People                                    44

     VII. The Russian Army                                      49

    VIII. The Eastern Theatre of War                            54

      IX. Victory and Defeat                                    65

       X. Stories of Russian Soldiers                           77

      XI. The Fighting Retreat                                  81

     XII. A Glorious Stand                                      91

    XIII. "The Most Critical Day of All"                        97