The great war in England in 1897 . burst with deafeningreport and appalling effect. In Trafalgar Square, Fleet Street, and the Strand thedeadly projectiles commenced to fall thickly, wrecking theshops, playing havoc with the public buildings, and sweepinghundreds of men and women into eternity. Nothing couldwithstand their awful force, and the people, rushing madlyabout like frightened sheep, felt that this was indeed theirlast hour. In Ludgate Hill the scene was awful. Shots fell withmonotonous regularity, bursting everywhere, and blowingbuildings and men into atoms. The French shells wereter
The great war in England in 1897 . burst with deafeningreport and appalling effect. In Trafalgar Square, Fleet Street, and the Strand thedeadly projectiles commenced to fall thickly, wrecking theshops, playing havoc with the public buildings, and sweepinghundreds of men and women into eternity. Nothing couldwithstand their awful force, and the people, rushing madlyabout like frightened sheep, felt that this was indeed theirlast hour. In Ludgate Hill the scene was awful. Shots fell withmonotonous regularity, bursting everywhere, and blowingbuildings and men into atoms. The French shells wereterribly devastating; the reek of melinite poisoned the striking St. Pauls Cathedral brought down the right-hand tower, and crashed into the dome; while others set on firea long range of huge drapery warehouses behind it, the glare ofthe roaring flames causing the great black Cathedral to standout in bold relief. The bombardment had actually commenced ! London, theproud Capital of the World, was threatened with destruction. CHAPTER XXXV. LONDON BOMBARDED. HE Hand of the Destroyer had reached Englandsmighty metropolis. The lurid scene wasappalling. In the stormy sky the red glare fromhundreds of burning buildings grew brighter,and in every quarter flames leaped up andblack smoke curled slowly away in increasing volume. The people were unaware of the events that had occurredin Surrey that day. Exhausted, emaciated, and ashen pale, thehungry people had endured every torture. Panic-stricken,they rushed hither and thither in thousands up and down theprincipal thoroughfares, and as they tore headlong away inthis sauve qui jieut to the northern suburbs, the weaker fell andwere trodden under foot. Men fought for their wives and families, dragging themaway out of the range of the enemys fire, which apparentlydid not extend beyond the line formed by the Hackney Eoad,City Ptoad, Pentonville Road, Euston Road, and WestbournePark. But in that terrible rush to escape many delicate la
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