The Invasion

ordered on active service. All officers and men who had been on leave were recalled, and medical inspection of all r

bial gaiter, and stowed away where the owner knows where to obtain it, our officers commanding dep?ts com

idlers. The plain clothes of the reservists coming in were disposed of, no man daring to appear in the ranks unless in un

every county in search of likely animals, every farm, every livery stable, every hunting-box, all hound-kennels and private stables were visited, and a choice made. All this, how

ng Wednesday printed sensational reports of the ruthless completion of the impene

ch an operation was by its flanks being supported by the IVth and IXth Army Corps landing on either side, the Xth Army Corps, under General von Wilbu

animals, and stores, while the provisions they found at the various ship's chandlers, and in such shops as Blagg's, and the International Stores in King Street, Peter Brown's, Doughty's, Lipton's,

s regarded the fate of Yarmouth, n

Own Scottish Borderers of the 11th Infantry Brigade-were up to their strength. The 12th Infantry Brigade, which also belonged to the division, possessed only skeleton regiments stationed at Hounslow and Warley. Of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, some were at Norwich, the 21st Lancers wer

ch were instantly strongly supported, they would soon be simply swept out of existence by the eno

morning that they were covering the hasty retreat of the small body of cavalry who had been stationed at Norwich. They, gallantly led by their officers, had done everything possible to reconnoitre and attempt to pierce the enemy's huge cava

flying, the Britannia Barracks were being used by the enemy, food had all been seized, the streets were in a state of chaos, and a complete reign of te

taken prisoner, lodged in the Castle, and held

into the city the inhabitants looked on in sullen silence, knowing that they were n

ptember contained the following vivid account-the first pub

, Sept

red an interruption on the trunk-line, and on trying the telegraphs was surprised to find that there was no

phone to Lloyd's. When told that all communication was cut off he wildly shouted that a most extraordinary sight was to be seen i

hed a body of cavalry, consisting of the 1st Westphalian Hussars, the Westphalian Cuirassiers, land with order and ease at the Victoria Pier, whence, after being formed up on the quay, they advanced at a sharp trot up Victoria Street, Ouse Street, and North Street to the railway stations, where, as is generall

hey consisted of the 13th and 56th Westphalian Regiments, and the cavalry on being relieved advanced out of the town, crossing the Dutch River b

cing southwards over the open country of Goole Moors and Thorne Waste, occupied Crowle. Both cavalry brigades were acting independently

OF NO

IZE

oast of Norfolk, and has already occupied Yarmouth and

our duty as citizens and officials is to remain at our post and be

no doubt, again be shown. By your resistance you will obtain the honour and respect of your enemi

view the catastrophe calmly, and bear

S CARR

yo

September

D BY THE MAY

on landed at Aldan Dock, Railway Dock, and Ship Dock; the 14th Division at the Jetty and Basin, also in the Barge Do

are under the supreme command of General Baron von Bistram, appear to consist almost entirely of Westphalians, and include Prince Frederick of t

ked artillery, which towards afternoon began to rumble through the streets. The German gunners, with folded arms, sat unconcernedly upon the ammunition boxes as the guns were drawn up to thei

country was clear of the British, the German infantry advance began. By nightfall they had pushed forward, some by road, some by rail, and others in the numerous motor-wagons that had accompanied the force, until march-outposts were established,

al Yeomanry were met and compelled to retreat, a dozen or so lives being lost. It appears that late in the afternoon of Sunday news was brought into Sheffie

ed to occupy the town. The Mayor telegraphed to the War Office, appealing for additional defensive force, but no response was received to the telegram. The small force of military in the town, which consisted of the 2nd Battalion Y

tactics were merely to reconnoitre and report on the defences of Sheffield, if any existed. This they did by remai

d fords and ascertain the capacity of the bridges, while others appeared to be comparing th

the cavalry was not strongly supported by infantry from their base, the distance from Goole being too great to be covered in a single day. That the arrangements for landing were in every detail perfect co

battalions of Volunteers stationed at Pontefract, to discover the enemy's strength and position between As

VE THE

LAMA

OM IT MAY

f the present year, declaring a state of s

6, regulating the public administration of

ition of the Co

CREED AS

are in a s

bridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshi

humberland, Durham, Cumberland, and Yorkshire, wit

Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for War

ice, Wh

the Four

noon on Wednesday, and was read by thousands. It was also posted

assistance-not even a reply to the Mayor's telegram. This fact has leaked out, and has caused the greatest dissatisfac

s been cut off, and at present we are completely isolated. It has been gathered from the invaders that the VIIIth Army Corps of the Germans have land

were at first inclined to unite to stem their progress. But the German proclamation, showing the individual peril of any

ry has run riot in a single hour, now that the Germans are

ng possession of these towns, were moving upon Sheffield in order to paralyse our trade in the Mid

tons is always to be found there, the second half having been quietly collected by ships putting in unobserved into such ports as Emden, Bremen, Bremerhaven, and Geestemunde, where there are at least ten

towed by tugs alongside the wharves and filled with troops. Of a sudden, in a single hour it seemed, Hamburg, Altona, Cuxhaven, and Wilhelmshave

the whole movement. Beneath the lee of the covering screen of Frisian Islands, Borkum, Juist, No

were already assembled at their headquarters at Altona, while many of them being stationed at Bremen embarked from there; the Xth came up from Hanover, the XIVth fro

-cars, wagons, and carts. But for this campaign-which was more of the nature of a raid than of any protrac

ome over to England in 100,000 tons gross of shipping, bringing with them supplies for twenty-seven days in another 3,000 tons gross. Therefore about 618,000 tons gross conveyed the whole of the six corps, leaving an a

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OF EMBA

lat-bottomed craft in the Scheldt and the numerous canals, as well as the merchant ships in the port, finding

ded hour the p

nn, seized the town, and united their forces with Von Kleppen's corps, who, having landed at Weybourne, were now spread right across Norfolk. This picked corps of Guard

ed on the quays and in the docks, watched by the astonished populace. All provisions were seized at shops, while headquarters were establ

ble houses in King Street in utter amazement; but soon, when th

, they had been transferred from the protection of

on, East Walton, Narborough, Markham, Fincham, Stradsett, and Stow Bardolph. Therefore on Sunday night, from Spalding on the east, Peterborough, Chatter

aturing their plans for the defeat of