Category: History - British
In all things pertaining to the conduct of war Germany of to-day has copied as far as possible the methods of Napoleon the First. In military strategy, German experts have fallen far behind their model--or rather, they have never approached his methods, because they have never...
In all things pertaining to the conduct of war Germany of to-day has copied as far as possible the methods of Napoleon the First. In military strategy, German experts have falle...
2. CHAPTER TWO.Those who label Stieber as "von" in speaking of him are about on a level with any who would choose to confer on Crippen, of unlamented memory, the title of baronet, for the two...
3. CHAPTER THREE.The selection of the higher class of spy, in these days, is very largely a matter of chance. Almost in every case the man selected must be bi-lingual, while, if he has three lan...
4. CHAPTER FOUR.The German system of military espionage can best be studied by an analysis of the working of the system in France from the year 1870 onwards. So far as the outside world is conc...
5. CHAPTER FIVE.The routine of naval espionage is very similar in character to that followed by military spies. The naval spy, however, must be a rather more intelligent and highly trained man...
6. CHAPTER SIX.The way in which Stieber, as body-servant to Jules Favre, was able to assist in the negotiations for the surrender of Paris in 1870 has already been detailed, and this forms a f...
7. CHAPTER SEVEN.Such reports as the German agents at fixed posts have to make to their employers are communicated, whenever possible, by means of the travelling inspectors, for the postal servi...
8. CHAPTER EIGHT.In any account of the German spy system one invariably harks back to Stieber when passing to a review of any fresh branch of the system. Psychologist as he was, Stieber recognis...
9. CHAPTER NINE.The nature of the work undertaken by spies of the higher orders places them, at times, in possession of a good deal of information which, should the spies choose to use it impro...
10. CHAPTER TEN.This subject of political work, apart from espionage proper on the part of German agents, is a delicate one, for proof is not only hard to come by, but direct proof is practical...
11. CHAPTER ELEVEN.The trials of Schulz, Graves, and others who have made appearances in the British criminal courts recently--or comparatively so--showed us the spy at work in extricating informa...
12. CHAPTER TWELVE.The work of the supply ship captured recently in a port on the east coast of Scotland hardly comes within the limits of this book, but it is significant as showing the daring of...
13. CHAPTER THIRTEEN.Since the preceding pages were written, and as proofs are being passed for press, the following statement has been issued for publication by the Home Office with regard to Briti...