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           GunswereinrapidtransitfromWindsor,Portsmouth,Aldershot,Woolwichevenfromthenorth; amongothers,longwire-gunsofninety-fivetonsfromWoolwich. Altogetheronehundredandsixteenwereinpositionorbeinghastilyplaced,chieflycoveringLondon. NeverbeforeinEnglandhadtherebeensuchavastorrapidconcentrationofmilitarymaterial. 

           Anyfurthercylindersthatfell,itwashoped,couldbedestroyedatoncebyhighexplosives,whichwerebeingrapidlymanufacturedanddistributed. Nodoubt,ranthereport,thesituationwasofthestrangestandgravestdescription,butthepublicwasexhortedtoavoidanddiscouragepanic. NodoubttheMartianswerestrangeandterribleintheextreme,butattheoutsidetherecouldnotbemorethantwentyofthemagainstourmillions. 

           Theauthoritieshadreasontosuppose,fromthesizeofthecylinders,thatattheoutsidetherecouldnotbemorethanfiveineachcylinderfifteenaltogether. Andoneatleastwasdisposedofperhapsmore. Thepublicwouldbefairlywarnedoftheapproachofdanger,andelaboratemeasureswerebeingtakenfortheprotectionofthepeopleinthethreatenedsouthwesternsuburbs. Andso,withreiteratedassurancesofthesafetyofLondonandtheabilityoftheauthoritiestocopewiththedifficulty,thisquasi-proclamationclosed. 

           Thiswasprintedinenormoustypeonpapersofreshthatitwasstillwet,andtherehadbeennotimetoaddawordofcomment. Itwascurious,mybrothersaid,toseehowruthlesslytheusualcontentsofthepaperhadbeenhackedandtakenouttogivethisplace. 

           AlldownWellingtonStreetpeoplecouldbeseenflutteringoutthepinksheetsandreading,andtheStrandwassuddenlynoisywiththevoicesofanarmyofhawkersfollowingthesepioneers. 

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