The Way to Win
By William Le Queux
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co Ltd, London.
This edition dated 1916.
The Way to Win, by William Le Queux.
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THE WAY TO WIN, BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX.
Foreword.
I do not think anyone who has studied the progress of the War with care
and patience can deny that, during the past few months, a mighty change
has come over the aspect of the great struggle.
A year ago, when I wrote "Britain's Deadly Peril," the fortunes of the
Allies appeared to be at the lowest ebb. Indomitable energy and
perseverance have since worked wonders. To-day we plainly see that the
conquering march of the Teuton has been arrested and the process of
forcing back his hordes has begun.
Britain--the fierce Lion of Britain--is at last fully aroused to the
momentous issues which hang on the decision, and has flung herself with
all her unrivalled tenacity, and with a unanimity unparalleled in our
history, into the titanic conflict.
Russia, France, and Italy have responded to the call with equal
nobility. To-day the Allies are more than a match for the Hun in
manpower; they are equal to them, at least, in the supply of munitions,
the lack of which so badly hampered our cause last year. Finally, the
great new masses of the British Army, straining at the leash, are
eagerly awaiting the signal to hurl themselves at the foe for his
destruction.
The British Navy, silent and invincible, holds the seas of all the
world, and Germany and her Allies are to-day feeling the pinch of war in
most deadly earnest. Prices in enemy countries are rising by leaps and
bounds; the food supply is beginning to fail; money is lacking; the
value of the mark is falling, and there is every prospect of a shortage
of men--cannon-fodder they were once called by Germans--in the near
future.
We are on the eve of great events.
Already we hear the ominous rumblings which prelude the breaking of the
storm. The great clash is at hand which, for good or ill, shall settle
the destinies of our world for many generations to come--perhaps for
ever.
Can we doubt the issue? Assuredly not. The spirit of our dear old
Britain and her glorious Allies is unbroken, and still unbreakable.
Cost what it may, they are fully determined to smash, once and for ever,
the accursed Teuton attempt to dominate the world and throw back the
clock of civilisation for centuries. There will be no faltering and no
turning back on Great Britain's part until that great end is attained.
Courage and resolution and a hard fist are the keys of the situation for
the Allies. We have them in abundant measure. And unless Britain is
unthinkably false to all the traditions that have made her great, our
triumph in the Near To-morrow is assured.
William Le Queux.
Devonshire Club, London, March, 1916.
CHAPTER ONE.