Louis Joseph Vance (1906) The Private War Being the Truth about Gordon Traill His Personal Statement. Appleton and Company A story that references the Dogger Bank Incident. Hull, Jan. 30th.—The Hull fishermen who recently figured…
W. Holt-White (1906) The Earthquake: A Romance of London in 1907 London is hit by an earthquake and Germany takes advanrtage of the situation. In The Earthquake: A Romance of London in 1907 (1906) a…
By Jingo written by G W Hunt and performed by G H McDermott introduced the word Jingoism into the language and featured a rebuff of the threat from Russia. Often erroneously attributed to the Crimean…
B. S. Townroe, H. (1909) A Nation in Arms (Play) A play produced on behalf of the National Service League as a counter to An Englishman’s Home. The play and its background is described in…
Anonymous [Charles John Stone] (1871) What happened after the battle of Dorking: reminiscences of a volunteer. Being an account of the victory at Tunbridge Wells, New York: G. Routledge & sons. Original Text at:…
Anonymous (1871) After the Battle of Dorking; or what became of the invaders? London, George Maddick A short pamphlet follow on to the aftermath of the Battle of Dorking. Original text at: https://archive.org/details/afterbattledork00unkngoog
Anonymous (1876) The Invasion of 1883. A Chapter from the Book of Fate, Glasgow, James Maclehose. Glasgow Herald – Monday 22 May 1876, p.5: INVASION OF SCOTLAND BY THE GERMANS. The Invasion of 1883, a…
G. Rome Hall (1904) The Black Fortnight, Or, The Invasion of 1915, Swan Sonnenschein & Co The Times Literary Supplement (London), Friday, February 26, 1904; p.63: THE BLACK FORTNIGHT, or The Invasion of 1915 by…
Hew Scott (1907) The Way of War, London, John Long A plan for a German invasion is uncovered. Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser – Thursday 13 June 1907, p.10: Tales of invasion, particularly of…
Hamilton Edwards (1895) Britain in Arms, published in the story paper Pluck and in 1897 in Boys’ Friend. For British boys, the First World War started, not in 1914 but in 1895 when, according to…
Napier Hawke (1909) The Invasion That Did Not Come Off The Invasion That Did Not Come Off by an author named Napier Hawke, satirizes the very conventions to which it both adheres and contributes. Hawke…
John Buchan (1900) The Half-Hearted A tale of conflict between Britain and Russia in North West India. You must remember that Russia is the step-daughter of the East. The people are Northern in the truest…
Lloyd Williams (1909) The Great Raid, Black & White Publishing Company (First published in Black and White in serial form). An invasion occurs while Britain is fighting a naval battle in the South Atlantic with…
Anon (1889) Bombardment of Scarbro’ by the Russian Fleet in 1891, and Terrific Battle of Scalby Beck, and Other Stories More details awaited