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What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton

           "What’sthat?"criedaboatman, and"Shutup,youfool!"saidamannearmetoayelpingdog. Thenthesoundcameagain,thistimefromthedirectionofChertsey,amuffledthudthesoundofagun. 

           Thefightingwasbeginning. Almostimmediatelyunseenbatteriesacrosstherivertoourright,unseenbecauseofthetrees,tookupthechorus,firingheavilyoneaftertheother. Awomanscreamed. Everyonestoodarrestedbythesuddenstirofbattle,nearusandyetinvisibletous. Nothingwastobeseensaveflatmeadows,cowsfeedingunconcernedlyforthemostpart,andsilverypollardwillowsmotionlessinthewarmsunlight. 

           "Thesojers’llstop’em,"saidawomanbesideme,doubtfully. Ahazinessroseoverthetreetops. 

           Thensuddenlywesawarushofsmokefarawayuptheriver,apuffofsmokethatjerkedupintotheairandhung; andforthwiththegroundheavedunderfootandaheavyexplosionshooktheair,smashingtwoorthreewindowsinthehousesnear,andleavingusastonished. 

           "Heretheyare!"shoutedamaninabluejersey. "Yonder!D’yerseethem?Yonder!" 

           Quickly,oneaftertheother,one,two,three,fourofthearmouredMartiansappeared,farawayoverthelittletrees,acrosstheflatmeadowsthatstretchedtowardsChertsey,andstridinghurriedlytowardstheriver. Littlecowledfigurestheyseemedatfirst,goingwitharollingmotionandasfastasflyingbirds. 

           Then,advancingobliquelytowardsus,cameafifth. Theirarmouredbodiesglitteredinthesunastheysweptswiftlyforwardupontheguns,growingrapidlylargerastheydrewnearer. 

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