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THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR

  History of the European War from Official Sources

  Complete Historical Records of Events to Date,
  Illustrated with Drawings, Maps, and Photographs

  Prefaced by

  What the War Means to America
  Major General Leonard Wood, U.S.A.

  Naval Lessons of the War
  Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, U.S.N.

  The World's War
  Frederick Palmer

  Theatres of the War's Campaigns
  Frank H. Simonds

  The War Correspondent
  Arthur Ruhl

  Edited by

  Francis J. Reynolds
  Former Reference Librarian of Congress

  Allen L. Churchill
  Associate Editor, The New International Encyclopedia

  Francis Trevelyan Miller
  Editor in Chieft, Photographic History of the Civil War

  P. F. Collier & Son Company
  New York


[Illustration: _A great French siege gun in action near the
much-contested battle field of Arras. During the terrific explosion the
gunners cover their ears._]


THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR

  THE WAR BEGINS
  INVASION OF BELGIUM
  BATTLE OF THE MARNE
  CRACOW. WARSAW
  POLISH CAMPAIGN
  WAR IN EAST PRUSSIA


VOLUME II

P. F. Collier & Son. New York

  Copyright 1916
  By P. F. Collier & Son




CONTENTS


PART I.--GREAT BATTLES OF THE WESTERN ARMIES

CHAPTER                                                             Page

        I. Attack on Belgium                                           9

       II. Siege and Capture of Liege                                 12

      III. Belgium's Defiance                                         23

       IV. Capture of Louvain--Surrender of Brussels                  27

        V. Coming of the British                                      33

       VI. Campaigns in Alsace and Lorraine                           38

      VII. Siege and Fall of Namur                                    45

     VIII. Battle of Charleroi                                        54

       IX. Battle of Mons                                             60

        X. The Great Retreat Begins                                   68

       XI. Fighting at Bay                                            79

      XII. The Marne--General Plan of Battle Field                    87

     XIII. Allied and German Battle Plans                             95

      XIV. First Moves in the Battle                                 101

       XV. German Retreat                                            111

      XVI. Continuation of the Battle of the Marne                   116

     XVII. Continuation of the Battle of the Marne                   119

    XVIII. Other Aspects of the Battle of the Marne                  126

      XIX. "Crossing the Aisne"                                      130

       XX. First Day's Battles                                       135

      XXI. The British at the Aisne                                  140

     XXII. Bombardment of Rheims and Soissons                        146

    XXIII. Second Phase of Battle of the Aisne                       149

     XXIV. End of the Battle                                         153

      XXV. "The Race to the Sea"                                     158

     XXVI. Siege and Fall of Antwerp                                 160

    XXVII. Yser Battles--Attack on Ypres                             168

   XXVIII. Attacks of La Bassee and Arras                            177

     XXIX. General Movements on the French and Flanders Fronts       181

      XXX. Operations Around La Bassee and Givenchy                  187

     XXXI. End of Six Months' Fighting in the West                   193


PART II.--NAVAL OPERATIONS

    XXXII. Strength of the Rival Navies                              196

   XXXIII. First Blood--Battle of the Bight                          208

    XXXIV. Battles on Three Seas                                     219

     XXXV. The German Sea Raiders                                    225

    XXXVI. Battle Off the Falklands                                  230

   XXXVII. Sea Fights of the Ocean Patrol                            237

  XXXVIII. War on German Trade and Possessions                       242

    XXXIX. Raids on the English Coast                                245

       XL. Results of Six Months' Naval Operations                   258


PART III.--THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT

      XLI. General Characteristics of the Theatre of Warfare         261

     XLII. The Strategic Value of Russian Poland                     268

    XLIII. Austrian Poland, Galicia, and Bukowina                    272

     XLIV. The Balkans--Countries and Peoples                        275

      XLV. The Caucasus--The Barred Door                             286


PART IV.--THE AUSTRO-SERBIAN CAMPAIGN

     XLVI. Serbia's Situation and Resources                          291

    XLVII. Austria's Strength and Strategy                           298

   XLVIII. Austrian Successes                                        301

     XLIX. The Great Battles Begin                                   305

        L. First Victory of the Serbians                             310


PART V.--THE AUSTRO-SERBIAN CAMPAIGN

       LI. Results of First Battles                                  321

      LII. Serbian Attempt to Invade Austrian Territory              323

     LIII. Austria's Second Invasion                                 329

      LIV. End of Second Invasion--Beginning of Third                331

       LV. Preliminary Austrian Successes                            335

      LVI. Crisis of the Campaign--Austrian Defeat                   339

     LVII. The Fate of Belgrade                                      345

    LVIII. Attempts to Retake Belgrade                               348

      LIX. Serbians Retake the City--End of Third Invasion           353

       LX. Montenegro in the War                                     358


PART VI.--AUSTRO-RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN

      LXI. Strength and Equipment of the Antagonists                 362

     LXII. General Strategy of the Campaign                          371

    LXIII. Austria Takes the Offensive                               376

     LXIV. A Cautious Russian Advance -- Russian Successes --
             Capture of Lemberg                                      379

      LXV. Dankl's Offensive and Retreat                             390

     LXVI. Battle of Rawa-Russka                                     395

    LXVII. Russian Victories--Battles of the San                     398

   LXVIII. Summary of Operations of September, 1914                  403

     LXIX. Investiture of Przemysl                                   405

      LXX. Austrian Retreat Begins                                   410

     LXXI. Fighting at Cracow                                        416

    LXXII. Austrians Again Assume the Offensive                      423


PART VII.--RUSSO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN

   LXXIII. First Clash on Prussian Frontier                          430

    LXXIV. Advance of Russians Against the Germans                   435

     LXXV. Battle of Tannenberg and Russian Retreat                  438

    LXXVI. Second Russian Invasion of East Prussia                   446

   LXXVII. First German Drive Against Warsaw                         450

  LXXVIII. German Retreat from Russian Poland                        458

    LXXIX. Winter Battles of the Polish Campaign                     462

     LXXX. Winter Battles in East Prussia                            478

    LXXXI. Results of First Six Months of Russo-German
             Campaign                                                482


PART VIII.--TURKEY AND THE DARDANELLES

   LXXXII. First Moves of Turkey                                     493

  LXXXIII. The First Blow Against the Allies                         501

   LXXXIV. British Campaign in Mesopotamia                           506




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


  French Siege Gun at Arras                               _Frontispiece_

                                                           Opposite Page

  Bridge Destroyed by the Belgians at Liege                           14

  General Joffre                                                      78

  Germans Refortifying Antwerp                                       158

  Emden Aground After the Sydney's Victory                           222

  Wreck of the Bluecher in the North Sea Battle                       254

  Serbian Infantrymen on Their Way to the Front                      302

  General von Hindenburg                                             382

  Gerdauen, East Prussia, Destroyed in Russian Invasion              478




LIST OF MAPS


                                                                    Page

  Peace Distribution of Army Corps and Naval Stations of Belligerent
    Powers (_Colored Map_)                                _Front Insert_

  France, Pictorial Map of                                            11

  Belgium, Beginning of German Invasion of                            17

  Alsace-Lorraine, French Invasion of                                 51

  Battle of Mons and Retreat of Allied Armies                         71

  Battle of the Marne--Beginning on September 5, 1914                 89

  Battle of the Marne--Situation on September 9, 1914                 98

  Battle of the Marne--End of German Retreat and the Intrenched
    Line on the Aisne River                                          107

  Liege Fort, German Attack of                                       162

  Antwerp, Siege and Fall of                                         162

  Flanders, Battle Front in                                          173

  German and English Naval Positions                                 199

  War in the East--Relation of the Eastern Countries to Germany      263

  The Balkans, Pictorial Map of                                      293

  Serbian and Austrian Invasions                                     296

  Russia, Pictorial Map of                                           364

  Galicia, Russian Invasion of                                       367

  Battle of Tannenberg                                               440




[Illustration: Peace Distribution of Army Corps and Naval
Stations of Bellig