At the window: the artilleryman's tale

1 The narrator stops short on the threshold of his pitch-dark study.

2 From his study window, the narrator sees three black tripods moving on the burning common

3 The narrator leans from his dark study window as a hatless soldier climbs the palings

4 In the unlit dining room, the artilleryman sobs at the table with his head on his arms

5 The driver's horse steps in a rabbit hole and throws him as the Martian shield rises

6 The Artilleryman lies pinned under a dead horse and watches from ground level.

7 The Martian fighting-machine stands on the burnt heath with its back to the hidden artilleryman.

8 The artilleryman crouches among the smoking ruins of Woking.

9 At first light, the narrator and the artilleryman look out over a valley turned to ash