THE CHILDREN'S STORY OF THE WAR
Once more we hear the word That sickened earth of old:—"No law except the sword Unsheathed and uncontrolled." Once more it knits mankind, Once more the nations go To meet and break and bind A crazed and driven foe. No easy hopes or lies Shall bring us to our goal, But iron sacrifice Of body, will, and soul. There is but one task for all— For each one life to give. Who stands if freedom fall? Who dies if England live?
Rudyard Kipling.
(By kind permission.)
How the Boy Scouts helped.
The war found the Boy Scouts true to their motto, "Be Prepared." InLondon alone 25,000 Scouts were organised to help the variousGovernment departments by acting as messengers. Along the south and eastcoasts nearly 3,000 went on duty to guard culverts, telephone andtelegraph lines, railway stations, reservoirs, etc. Numbers of Scoutsalso worked as harvesters in the place of men who had joined the Army.The boys above are "doing their little bit" by carrying soldiers'baggage to the railway station.
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 Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, Ltd.
LONDON, EDINBURGH, PARIS, AND NEW YORK
THIS STORY OF THE GREAT WAR
recounting for Children the Triumphs of
British Valour and Endurance by Land and Sea
is
DEDICATED
by special and gracious permission of
Her Majesty the QUEEN
to
H. R. H. PRINCE GEORGE.
CONTENTS
| I. | A Bolt from the Blue | 1 |
| II. | The Seething Whirlpool | 16 |
| III. | The Beginnings of Prussia | 35 |
| IV. | The Great War Lord of Europe | 49 |
| V. | How the Great War Lord Fell | 65 |
| VI. |