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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

