Londonward

So much as they could see of the road Londonward between the houses to the right was a tumultuous stream of dirty, hurrying people, racing for their lives, pent in between the villas on either side; the black heads, the crowded forms, grew into distinctness as they rushed towards the corner, hurried past, and merged their individuality again in a receding multitude that was swallowed up at last in a cloud of dust.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

Yonder, I take it are the Martians, and Londonward, where those hills rise about Richmond and Kingston and the trees give cover, earthworks are being thrown up and guns are being placed.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

It was stated that the people of Walton and Weybridge, and all the district were pouring along the roads Londonward, and that was all.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

He proposed, he said, to make his way Londonward, and thence rejoin his battery—No. 12, of the Horse Artillery, if they were still there and alive.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

All the shipping in the world seemed going Londonward in those days.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

And in the back of my mind was the sense of all the huge unknown and hidden forces Londonward.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

Since then he had been skulking along towards Maybury, in the hope of getting out of danger Londonward.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

Great anxiety prevails in West Surrey, and earthworks are being thrown up to check the advance Londonward.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

In the road that runs from the top of Putney Hill to Wimbledon was a number of poor vestiges of the panic torrent that must have poured Londonward on the Sunday night after the fighting began.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

My only consolation was to believe that the Martians were moving Londonward and away from her.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009