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Backs to the Wall - Part.5 – The Defence of Felixstowe, 19 June 1902 Pennyhole Bay, Harwich 11.00 Hrs 19 June 1902 Meanwhile, elsewhere the Martians were still advancing upon the British in force. To...

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Where's Part 4? :P

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As per the EU regulations pertaining to fictional militaristic publications of the pre-WW1, but post the Franco-Prussian periods, the number 4 (four) is not to be used in the numbering of chapters /...

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The Edgar should have exploded, too.  That is what happens when a few hundred gallons of liquid iron is suddenly immersed in water.

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I did consider this, based off what sometimes happened when casting bronze cannon in still damp sand moulds. The problem is that the explosion is essentially like a steam pressure cooker going off -...

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HMS Pinafore wrote:I did consider this, based off what sometimes happened when casting bronze cannon in still damp sand moulds. The problem is that the explosion is essentially like a steam pressure...

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Another brutal chapter where a technically superior alien race is hammering a pre-nuclear human force. Main question is what will Beatty say in 13 years time if he has already used a certain phrase?

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...everybody is assuming that he will last out the story...I agree with the comments on gunnery.  At this time the prevailing wisdom was that naval battles would still be fought at very close range -...

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HMS Troutbridge wrote:Main question is what will Beatty say in 13 years time if he has already used a certain phrase? In the circumstances, the assumption that the Great War will happen on schedule is...

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Sooner or later the Marsians luck must run out. Its Britain after all! As any (continental) European knows British weather is either rain or fog or fog and rain. No matter what, the laser, heat ray...

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MBecker01 wrote:Sooner or later the Marsians luck must run out. Its Britain after all! As any (continental) European knows British weather is either rain or fog or fog and rain. No matter what, the...

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"On foreign intervention this all depends on whether they have unwelcome immigrants themselves." I could Not help but think of S & G. Their crews had been long time gunnery champions. But Beatty...

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MBecker01 wrote:"On foreign intervention this all depends on whether they have unwelcome immigrants themselves." I could Not help but think of S & G. Their crews had been long time gunnery...

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Right, the two have not even been laid down. We need their predecessors and something else. It is on the tip of my tongue ... yes, 'chapter' as in 'the next'. :-) Please.

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