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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: _Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor, inspecting
Austro-Hungarian troops on the East Galician front, New Year's Day,
1916. At the Kaiser's left is General Count von Bothmer_]


THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR

Champagne. Artois. Grodno
Fall of Nish. Caucasus
Mesopotamia. Development
of Air Strategy. United
States and the War

VOLUME IV







P. F. Collier & Son. New York

Copyright 1916
By P. F. Collier & Son




CONTENTS


PART I.--WAR IN SYRIA AND EGYPT

CHAPTER                                                           Page

        I. Renewed Turkish Attempts                                  9


PART II.--WAR IN THE AIR

       II. Raids of the Airmen                                      16

      III. Zeppelins Attack London--Battles in the Air              29

       IV. Venice Attacked--Other Raids                             34


PART III.--THE WESTERN FRONT

        V. Summary of First Year's Operations                       39

       VI. Fighting in Artois and the Vosges                        46

      VII. Political Crisis in France--Aeroplane Warfare--Fierce
             Combats in the Vosges--Preparations for Allied
             Offense                                                52

     VIII. The Great Champagne Offensive                            61

       IX. The British Front in Artois                              81

        X. The Battle of Loos                                       90

       XI. The Cavell Case--Accident to King George                 98

      XII. Operations in Champagne And Artois--Preparations for
             Winter Campaign                                       104

     XIII. Events in the Winter Campaign                           117

      XIV. The Battle of Verdun--The German Attack                 131


PART IV.--THE WAR AT SEA

       XV. Naval Situation at the Beginning of the Second
             Year--Submarine Exploits                              143

      XVI. The Sinking of the Arabic--British Submarine Successes  150

     XVII. Cruise of the Moewe--Loss of British Battleships        156

    XVIII. Continuation of War on Merchant Shipping--Italian
             and Russian Naval Movements--Sinking of La
             Provence                                              165


PART V.--THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT

      XIX. Summary of First Year's Operations                      174

       XX. The Fall of the Niemen and Nareff Fortresses            178

      XXI. The Conquest of Grodno and Vilna                        185

     XXII. The Capture of Brest-Litovsk                            193

    XXIII. The Struggle in East Galicia and Volhynia and the
             Capture of Pinsk                                      200

     XXIV. In the Pripet Marshes                                   209

      XXV. Fighting on the Dvina and in the Dvina-Vilna Sector     212

     XXVI. Winter Battles on the Styr and Strypa Rivers            223

    XXVII. On the Tracks of the Russian Retreat                    229

   XXVIII. Sidelights on the Russian Retreat and German
             Advance                                               240

     XXIX. Winter on the Eastern Front                             250


PART VI.--THE BALKANS

      XXX. Battle Clouds Gather Again                              255

     XXXI. The Invasion Begins                                     263

    XXXII. Bulgaria Enters the War                                 269

   XXXIII. The Teutonic Invasion Rolls on                          273

    XXXIV. The Fall of Nish--Defense of Babuna Pass                282

     XXXV. Bulgarian Advance--Serbian Resistance                   290

    XXXVI. End of German Operations--Flight of Serb People--Greece 300

   XXXVII. Allies Withdraw into Greece--Attitude of Greek
             Government                                            308

  XXXVIII. Bulgarian Attacks--Allies Concentrate at Saloniki       316

    XXXIX. Italian Movements in Albania--Conquest of Montenegro    327

       XL. Conditions in Serbia, Greece, and Rumania               339


PART VII.--THE DARDANELLES AND RUSSO-TURKISH CAMPAIGN

      XLI. Conditions in Gallipoli--Attack at Suvla Bay            344


PART VIII.--AGGRESSIVE TURKISH CAMPAIGN AT DARDANELLES

     XLII. Sari Bair--Partial Withdrawal of Allies                 353

    XLIII. Aggressive Turkish Movements--Opinion in England--Change
             in Command                                            357

     XLIV. Abandonment of Dardanelles--Armenian Atrocities         369

      XLV. Campaign in Caucasus--Fall of Erzerum                   380


PART IX.--ITALY IN THE WAR

     XLVI. Review OF Preceding Operations--Italian Movements       393

    XLVII. Italy's Relations to the Other Warring Nations          399

   XLVIII. Problems of Strategy                                    404

     XLIX. Move Against Germany                                    410

        L. Renewed Attacks--Italy's Situation At the Beginning
             of March, 1916                                        413


PART X.--CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA

       LI. Operations Against Bagdad and Around the Tigris         419

      LII. Advance Toward Bagdad--Battle of Kut-el-Amara           426

     LIII. Battle of Ctesiphon                                     437

      LIV. Stand at Kut-el-Amara--Attempts at Relief               444


PART XI.--THE WAR IN THE AIR

       LV. Development of the Strategy and Tactics of Air
             Fighting                                              454

      LVI. Zeppelin Raids--Attacks on German Arms Factories--German
             Over-Sea Raids                                        459

     LVII. Attacks on London--Bombardment of Italian Ports--Aeroplane
             as Commerce Destroyer                                 466

    LVIII. Air Fighting on all Fronts--Losses                      473


PART XII.--THE UNITED STATES AND THE BELLIGERENTS

      LIX. Sinking of the Arabic--Another Crisis--Germany's
             Defense and Concessions                               480

       LX. Issue with Austria-Hungary Over the Ancona--Surrender
             to American Demands                                   490

      LXI. The Lusitania Deadlock--Agreement Blocked by Armed
             Merchantmen Issue--Crisis in Congress                 496

     LXII. Developments of Pro-German Propaganda--Munitions
             Crusade Defended--New Aspects of American Policy      505




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


  Kaiser Wilhelm Inspecting His Troops                  _Frontispiece_

                                                         Opposite Page
  Zigzag Trenches in the Champagne                                  62

  German Infantry Storming a Hill                                   94

  General Joffre and General Petain                                142

  Austrian Infantry in Russia                                      238

  Constructing a Bridge Over the Danube                            270

  British Hydroplane on Guard at Saloniki                          318

  Aeroplane Guns on Turntable                                      462

