Everything about Battle Of Weybridge Shepperton totally explained
The Battle of Weybridge and Shepperton was a fictional battle described in
H. G. Wells' book
The War of the Worlds.
Brief
The battle is
described in detail
in Wells' book. It took place in the early afternoon on Day three of the invasion from Mars and ended up as a
pyrrhic British victory.
Battle
After British military positions were overrun and destroyed at
Chertsey,
Chobham and
Byfleet, the Martians (an attacking force of five
fighting-machines) proceeded to Weybridge, which at the time was the local military headquarters. A hidden artillery battery near Shepperton Church hit and destroyed one Martian fighting-machine. This forced the Martians to retreat to their then-primary base at Horsell Common (near
Woking), but
Weybridge and
Shepperton were destroyed with heavy loss of life. The retreating Martians managed to retrieve the wreckage of the destroyed fighting machine during their retreat.
Conclusions
Despite the heavy loss of life and material, and the total devastation of Weybridge and Shepperton, this destruction of a fighting-machine served as a brief morale boost to the civilian populace of
London when the first detailed reports of the invasion were released to the public. The Martians realized from this battle that the British artillery was a real threat (further reinforced by a Martian fighting-machine damaged by an artillery shell later on that same day at approximately 7pm near
St. George's Hill), which forced them to resort to using
black smoke when they
resumed the offensive at 9pm that evening.
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