The novella, "The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer" (1871), by George Tomkyns Chesney was first published in "Blackwood's Magazine", a respected political journal of the Victorian era. "The Battle of Dorking" describes the invasion of England by an unnamed enemy (who speak German), in which the narrator and a thousand citizens defend the town of Dorking, with neither supplies, "matériel", or news of outside world. The narrative of the story then moves forward fifty years in time, and England remains devastated.