{"id":595,"date":"2023-01-28T10:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T10:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haguepublishing.com\/WotW\/?page_id=595"},"modified":"2023-01-28T10:04:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T10:04:48","slug":"day-06-sunday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haguepublishing.com\/WotW\/day-06-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 06 – Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Battle of Horshall Common and the Loss of HMS Goliath<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t
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06-Jun 00:01 – Sunday<\/div>

Today, with evacuations beginning the London newspapers begin to take notice, and the Army moves to capture the Martians.<\/p>\n

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Stuck in Oxford, Morant and Vogan decide to cadge a ride back to London on a troop train, and volunteer to take the Curies with them.<\/p>\n

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As the National Union of Women\u2019s Suffrage Societies encourages their members to organise \u2013 just in case \u2013 Toni finds herself placed in a team with Elizabeth Cadbury, and also Grace Harwood Stewart \u2013 who will later become the first woman to become a medical doctor in England. They\u2019re to be based at Queen Anne\u2019s Mansions, where Elizabeth Cadbury owns an apartment (the Mansions are the first true high-rise in London)<\/p>\n

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Wells has taken his wife to Leatherhead, where his cousins live. And we meet Lieutenant JR Dullanty, Coldstream Guards, 4th<\/sup> Company (Special Operations), even as the 1st<\/sup> tripod emerges.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 02:00 @BreakerMorant<\/div>

The London stagecoaches have been cancelled. Plan to sneak onto a troop train coming from Edinburgh. There\u2019s no way we can get back to the regiment before bugle call though.<\/p>\n

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Unbelievably, Vogan has taken it on himself to escort the Curies to London. I tell them they won\u2019t be let on a troop train but Marie Curie produced a bottle of French cognac and with that we have no trouble getting them two seats.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 07:00 Daily Chronicle<\/div>
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The Daily Chronicle<\/em> Sat Morning Headline \u2013 “MANY MASSACRED BY MARTIANS”.<\/p>\n

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The Chronicle<\/em> also prints Henderson’s last telegram. “THE MARTIANS, ALARMED BY THE APPROACH OF A CROWD, KILLED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH A QUICK FIRING GUN STOP” but ends reassuringly: “Formidable as they seem to be, the Martians have not moved from their pit. Indeed they seem incapable of doing so. Probably this is due to the relative strength of the Earth’s gravitational energy.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 08:10 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

#papers are incredibly worrying today. People have been #killed! #Martians have a quick firing gun. But they\u2019re still in their pit #gravityiswinning – I hope?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 08:20 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

#papers confirm that more troops have been mobilised. Also now there\u2019s pine-woods burning. If they\u2019re still in the pit, how is this happening? #gravity?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 09:00 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

@hgwellsbro telegraphic communication with #Woking has been disrupted. Probably the #fires.<\/p>\n

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YOU OK STOP<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 10:15 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

@NUWSS has put the word out to get our acts together and organise #justincase Very glad I\u2019ve started my emergency kit already. #antisepticssavelives #anasetheticscouldbenecessary<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 12:00 @BreakerMorant<\/div>

Back in London, the news is that the Weybridge Artillery did inflict some damage but not enough to stop the Martians.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 12:45 @BreakerMorant<\/div>

No trains going to Dover. We could ride there, but Curies agree it is not safe to travel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 13:00 @BreakerMorant<\/div>

Brown was waiting for us at the club. We are to be Court-Marshalled for desertion, which in war means executed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 13:20 @BreakerMorant<\/div>

Rumours are that 4 tripods used poisonous black smoke, which wiped out an artillery placement set to ambush them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 13:30 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

No further word from @hgwellsbro Hope he\u2019s all right!<\/p>\n

Why on earth did he head for #Woking?<\/p>\n

#gettingworried #Woking #Martians<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 14:00 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

Many troops moving around #London today. Heard #loudsounds just now. Rumor says trains are stopped for #troops? Was that #artillery I heard? #emergencykit is ready. No word from @hgwellsbro #reallyworried<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 14:05 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

@NUWSS has called us in to organise assistance for vulnerable. #someonemustorganise #justincase #whereisthegovernment?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 14:10 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

@hgwellsbro are you safe? #desperatetohearfromyounow<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 15:00<\/div>

FROM SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR HENRY PETTY-FITZMAURICE 5TH MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE STOP<\/p>\n

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TO COLONEL COLDSTREAM GUARDS GENERAL SIR STEPHENSON STOP<\/p>\n

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FRED STOP GIVEN THE STATE OF WAR THAT NOW EXISTS WITH THE MARTIANS\u00a0 YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED TO MOBILISE AND DEPLOY NUMBER 4 COMPANY DASH SPECIAL OPERATIONS ENDS<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 15:01<\/div>

Number 4 Company, Coldstream Guards was raised by \u00a0Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley, later 1st Duke of Wellington, in 1808 when Britain was expecting Napoleon to invade. Trained and modelled in a manner to Spanish guerrillas it was administered, and staffed by the Coldstream Guards.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 16:00 #Woking<\/div>

From the personal diary of Colonel Cardigan.<\/p>\n

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“Firing is presently occurring across all of Horsell Common, and we have them on the run. The first party of Martians are now retreating\/crawling slowly towards their second cylinder under cover of a metal shield.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 16:50 @#4Coy-COLDM-GDS @LtJRDullanty<\/div>

FROM COLONEL COLDSTREAM GUARDS GENERAL SIR STEPHENSON STOP<\/p>\n

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TO: LT. JAMES ROBERT DULLANTY NO 4 COMPANY SPEC OPS STOP<\/p>\n

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NO 4 COY HAS BEEN MOBILIZED STOP AS PER STANDING OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IN THE EVENT OF AN INVASION YOU ARE DIRECTED TO PROCEED WITH 1ST<\/sup> AND 2ND<\/sup> PLATOON 4 COY TO TILBURY FORT WHERE YOU ARE TO ACT USING YOUR OWN DISCRETION.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 16:51 @LtJRDullanty<\/div>
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Lieutenant James Robert Dullanty (1870 \u2013 1897)<\/h2>\n

The youngest son of Sir John Dullanty, whose estate at Rotch Wood abutted the Queen\u2019s estate at Balmoral, James enlisted at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst following three years at Oxford University studying history.<\/p>\n

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Lieutenant Dullanty received the Sword of Honour<\/em> on his graduation in 1892 from Sandhurst. The Sword<\/em> being awarded to the most outstanding graduate of each intake.<\/p>\n

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With his father\u2019s support he joined the Coldstream Guards, formed in 1650 it was the oldest continuously serving regiment of the British Army. As well as guarding the monarch and undertaking ceremonial duties, its soldiers served as infantry in almost every major campaign fought by the Army.<\/p>\n

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Lt. Dullanty\u2019s talent as a mimic and musician earned him an immediate commission in the Guards\u2019 4th<\/sup> Coy, which trained in special operations as well as providing the Regiment\u2019s band.<\/p>\n

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The only picture known to exist of Lt J R Dullanty: taken by Christina Broom (1863\u20131939), who after the war made an extensive chronicle of the leaders of the Suffragette movement between 1900 and 1906. For the leaders of the campaign for the enfranchisement of women, photographs that would distance them from the popular press imagery of militancy and disorder proved vital tools.<\/p>\n

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(originally modelled by Captain-Heneage: Roger-Fenton-Crimean-War-photograph-collection)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 16:55 #TilburyFort<\/div>
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At the start of the 18th century, Tilbury Fort was one of the most powerful forts in Britain. However, by 1889, Tilbury Fort\u2019s bastion design had become out-dated. The government considered the defences further down the Thames to be sufficient and Tilbury was therefore not improved. By 1889 Tilbury was largely redundant as a defensive fortification, although it was still in use as a strategic depot.<\/p>\n

Tilbury Fort served as a mobilisation centre to support a mobile strike force in the event of an invasion, part of the wider London Defence Scheme, and large storage buildings were accordingly added to the site to store materiel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 16:57 #4Coy-COLDM-GDS<\/div>

FROM COLONEL COLDSTREAM GUARDS GENERAL SIR STEPHENSON STOP<\/p>\n

TO: LT. MARKUS KILVANEY NO 4 COMPANY SPEC OPS STOP<\/p>\n

NO 4 COY HAS BEEN MOBILIZED STOP AS PER STANDING OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IN THE EVENT OF AN INVASION YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED TO HOLD YOURSELF AND 3RD<\/sup> AND 4TH<\/sup> PLATOONS 4 COY READY FOR IMMEDIATE DEPLOYMENT ENDS<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 17:00 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

Tried to catch a train to @NUWSS HQ. Total disaster, walked instead. #notrainsrunning #chaos #artillery #troopseverywhere #iwaslate<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 18:00 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

#headlinessensational<\/p>\n

#Martianskillingpeople<\/p>\n

#battles<\/p>\n

#arewewinning?<\/p>\n

#armydeployed<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 18:03 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

@NUWSS has organised us into small groups. I\u2019m with @lizcadbury and her #highenergysnacks, and also @graceharwoodstewart<\/p>\n

#wehasskills<\/p>\n

#dividedskirts<\/p>\n

#pocketsarefull<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 18:04 @toniwantstovote<\/div>
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Am feeling #fearful, but also #determined. Meeting @lizcadbury and @graceharwoodstewart at Liz\u2019s flat in #QueenAnnesMansions. Good high point for easy viewing, but large building so hopefully #wewillbesafe and #roomforrefugees<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 18:05 @toniwantstovote<\/div>

@lizcadbury says there\u2019s plenty of room so @graceharwoodstewart and I can turn it into an #infirmary if required.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 19:00 #Woking<\/div>

From the personal diary of Colonel Cardigan.<\/p>\n

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“The Horse Artillery\u2019s 12th Battery has just arrived and is unlimbering near Horsell in order to command the sand pits.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 19:16 @HGWells #Woking<\/div>

In reaction to the arrival of the new Battery, the shield the Martians are using rises itself slowly from the ground by means of 3 legs. Wells (who is observing this) later identifies this as the first of the fighting-machines – a ‘tripod’.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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06-Jun 19:22 @HGWells #Woking<\/div>

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