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Chapter 15

The Black Smoke Crushes the Artillery

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  1. The quiet Thames country of villages, meadows and pine hills lies under a red June sunset

    1 The quiet Thames country of villages, meadows and pine hills lies under a red June sunset

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  2. On St. George's Hill the Heat-Rays hit the battery; ammunition blows up and pines burn

    2 On St. George's Hill the Heat-Rays hit the battery; ammunition blows up and pines burn

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  3. Two exhausted fugitives hurry north along the empty road out of Halliford.

    3 Two exhausted fugitives hurry north along the empty road out of Halliford.

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  4. Two fugitives crouch in a nettle ditch as a Martian lifts its black tube to the sky

    4 Two fugitives crouch in a nettle ditch as a Martian lifts its black tube to the sky

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  5. Two fugitives cling high in a roadside hawthorn hedge north of Halliford at dusk.

    5 Two fugitives cling high in a roadside hawthorn hedge north of Halliford at dusk.

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  6. The narrator and the curate watch the fourth cylinder streak down like a green meteor

    7 The narrator and the curate watch the fourth cylinder streak down like a green meteor

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  7. At midnight black smoke covers the Thames valley, lit red by burning Richmond and Kingston

    8 At midnight black smoke covers the Thames valley, lit red by burning Richmond and Kingston

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  8. At twilight a towering black cloud of poison vapour rolls toward a battery near Esher

    9 At twilight a towering black cloud of poison vapour rolls toward a battery near Esher

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  9. The black vapour rolls over the waiting battery near Esher at twilight.

    10 The black vapour rolls over the waiting battery near Esher at twilight.

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