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Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Dr. Gustave,
head of Krupp Works, visit to England, June, '14, i: 265;
husband of Bertha Krupp, ix: 352.
Kuban Republic, established, Nov., '18, xii: 279;
area and population, xii: 279.
Kucharzewski, Premier of Poland under German jurisdiction, vi: 214.
Kuhn, Maj.-Gen. Joseph E., commands 79th Div., Aug., '18, v: 197;
in Meuse-Argonne Offensive, v: 219.
Kultur, German, _see_ Germany, Kultur.
Kum Kale,
French land troops at, for Gallipoli Campaign, Apr. 25, '15,
iv: 41;
Turkish fortifications at, iv: 42;
Allied bombardment of, Mar. 4, '15, iv: 44.
Kurnah, taken by British, Dec. 9, '14, i: 376, iii: 180.
Kuryet-el-Enad, taken by British, Nov. 19, '17, iii: 194.
Kusmanek, Gen. von, Austrian commander defending Przemysl, iii: 134.
Kut-el-Amara, captured by British, Sept., '15, iii: 181;
siege and surrender of British at, Dec. 7, '15--Apr. 29, '16,
iii: 183, 318-320;
number of British surrendered, iii: 318;
conditions in, during siege, iii: 364.
L
La Bassée, captured by British, Jan. 23, '15, i: 378.
La Boisselle, captured by Allies in Somme battle, '16, iii: 58.
Labor, anti-war spirit, xii: 65;
importance in winning the War, xii: 68;
floating, xii: 68;
women in war industries, xii: 83-85;
Peace Treaty charter for international organization, xii: 255-261;
_see also_ under each country.
Labor Peace Conference, British, Feb. 27, '19, vi: 20.
"Labyrinth," captured by French, June 22, '15, i: 380;
designation for German trenches between
Arras and Neuville St. Vaast, iii: 42.
_Laconia, S. S._, Cunard liner torpedoed, Feb. 25, '17, i: 389;
eye-witness account, iv: 225-229.
Ladd, Anna Coleman, makes copper face masks for mutilated, vii: 68.
_Lafayette_, poem by R. A. Purdy, xi: 18.
Lafayette Escadrille, formation, iii: 391;
first members, iii: 391;
Capt. Thenault appointed commander, iii: 391;
first casualties, iii: 391;
equipment of fliers, iii: 392;
propaganda among Germans, iii: 392;
total casualties, iii: 392;
story of, x: 196-202.
Lafayette Fund, first American war relief organizations vii: 85.
La Fère, British driven from, Aug. 26, '14, i: 375;
captured by Germans, Aug. 29, '14, i: 375;
recaptured by Allies, Oct. 13, '18, i: 399, xi: 52;
German base in France, ii: 86;
French attacks on, '17, iii: 68.
La-Ferte-sous-Jouarre, headquarters of First Army, A. E. F., v: 384.
Lamarch, captured by 42nd Div., Sept. 12, '18, v: 211.
Lamont, Thomas W.,
financial adviser to U. S. delegation to Peace Conference,
xii: 149;
account of Peace Conference at work, xii: 149-163;
member of Reparations Commission, xii: 158.
Lamprecht, Prof. Karl,
German historian, defense of German system of government, i: 155.
Landres-St. Georges, captured by 2nd Div., Nov. 1, '18, v: 90, 263;
bombed by A. E. F. airmen, v: 311.
Landreville, captured by 2nd Div., Nov. 1, '18, v: 263.
Landsberg, Herr, member of Ebert government, Nov. 9, '18, vi: 277.
Landsturm, German, i: 72.
Landwehr, German, i: 72.
Lane, Franklin K., on meaning of the War to America, i: 367.
Langfitt, Maj.-Gen. Wm. C., Chief Engineer, A. E. F., v: 336.
Langres, A. E. F. training schools at, v: 106, 314.
Lanrezac, Gen., Viscount French's criticism of, ii: 162.
Lansdowne, Lord, letter calling on Allies to state war aims, vi: 12.
Lansing-Ishii Note,
'17, recognizes Japan's special interests in China, i: 58, vi: 386.
Laon, captured by Germans, Aug. 29, '14, i: 375;
German base in France, ii: 86;
captured by Gen. Mangin, Oct. 12, '18, ii: 214, xi: 52.
La Peyrère, Adm., Commander-in-Chief of French navy, '14, iv: 12.
La Pultière Wood, captured by 5th Div., Oct. 14, '18, v: 250.
_Lars Kruse_, Belgian relief ship sunk by U-boat, iv: 230.
La Rue Farm, captured by 27th Div., v: 296.
_La Société Impériale Ottomane du Chemin de Fer de Bagdad_,
formation, ii: 292;
terms of concession to, ii: 292.
_Last Long Mile, The_, British soldiers' song, xi: 337.
Latham, Sgt. John C., gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 393.
Latin America, participation in War, vi: 389.
Launeville, taken by 89th Div., Nov. 4, '18, v: 266.
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, Canadian Liberal leader, vi: 24;
speech pledging War support, Aug., '14, vi: 24;
against Imperial federation, vi: 26;
declines to form coalition Cabinet, vi: 33.
League of Nations, Charles W. Eliot on, i: _Intro. xiii_;
international co-operation during War, i: _Intro. xiii_;
summary of provisions, i: _Intro. xiv_;
proposal to place Fiume under, vi: 369;
spirit of, xii: 155;
prominent advocates, xii: 155;
drafting of Covenant described by Thos. W. Lamont, xii: 155;
analysis by Geo. W. Wickersham, xii: 170-178;
text of Covenant in full, xii: 182-185;
countries invited to join, xii: 186;
original members, xii: 186;
Sir James Eric Drummond, first secretary-general, xii: 186;
U. S. Senate opposition to, xii: 264-270;
first meeting of Council, Jan. 20, '20, xii: 270.
Leather, war-time conservation in shoemaking, xii: 53.
Leave areas, "Y" service at, vii: 269;
_see also_ Y. M. C. A.
Lebanon, disposal under secret treaties, '16--'17, vi: 334.
Le Cateau, battle of, Aug. 26, '14,
criticism of Smith-Dorrien's strategy at, by Field-Marshal French,
ii: 162, 174;
account of battle, ii: 174-182, iii: 23.
Le Charmel, German stand at, July 21, '18, v: 185;
Gen. Degoutte's commendation of A. E. F. at, v: 192.
Le Chêne Tondu,
German defense of, against 56th Brig., Sept. 28, '18, v: 229;
captured by 28th Div., Oct. 4, '18, v: 239.
Lee service rifle, viii: 95.
_Leelanaw, S. S._, American steamship
sunk by U-boat, July 25. '15, i: 381.
_Leipzig_, German cruiser
in battle off Coronel, armament, iv: 65;
sunk in battle of Falklands, iv: 70, ix: 308;
eye-witness account of sinking, iv: 80.
Lejeune, Gen.,
commander of 2nd Div. at St. Mihiel, Sept. 12, '18, v: 202.
Leman, Gen., defender of Liége, iii: 11.
Le Mans, embarkation center for returning A. E. F., v: 395.
Lemberg,
battle of, and capture by Russians, Sept. 1--3, '14,
i: 375, ii: 23, iii: 121, xi: 16;
recaptured by Austrians, June 22, '15, i: 380, iii: 137;
military importance, ii: 42;
seized by Poles, Nov., '18, vi: 217.
Lemert, Sgt. Milo, gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 396.
Lemordant, French painter-soldier, x: 169.
Lenin, Nicolai, urges defeat of Russia, '14, '15, vi: 140;
leader of Bolsheviki, vi: 161-163;
overthrows Kerensky, Nov., '17, vi: 179-181;
becomes President of Council of People's Commissaries, Nov. 8, '17,
vi: 181;
policies of government, vi: 181;
biography, ix: 109-115;
bibliography, ix: 115.
Lens, Allied objective in battle of Artois, May, '15, iii: 42;
objective in battle of Arras, Apr., '17, iii: 70;
held by Germans against Allied attacks in Arras battle, iii: 72.
_Léon Gambetta_, French cruiser torpedoed, Apr. 27, '15,
iv: 373.
_Leonardo da Vinci_, Italian dreadnought
blown up, Aug. 2, '16, i: 386.
Leopold, Prince, commands Bavarians entering Warsaw, iii: 138.
L'Epasse Wood, captured by 2nd Div., Nov. 1, '18, v: 263.
Le Prêtre Wood, captured by 180 Inf. Brig., Sept. 13, '18, v: 209.
Lescarboura, Austin C., on trench warfare, viii: 133;
opinion on efficiency of tanks, xi: 251;
on use of dogs in War, xi: 340.
Le Selle River, German stand at, Oct., '18, v: 295.
Les Eparges, location in St. Mihiel salient, v: 199;
captured by French, Sept. 12, '18, v: 212.
Les Petites Armoises, captured by 78th Div., Nov. 4, '18, v: 266.
Letord bombing airplanes, viii: 223.
Letts, peasant inhabitants of Baltic Provinces, vi: 226;
early history, vi: 226;
rebellion of '05, vi: 227;
form Lettish Legion to fight in War, '15, vi: 227;
join Bolsheviki, vi: 228.
Letvia, Republic of, established, Apr., '18, xii: 279;
area and population, xii: 279.
_Leviathan_, work as U. S. transport, xii: 275.
Levicu, Dr.,
leader in movement for Soviet government in Munich, Mar., '19,
vi: 300.
Lewis machine-gun, description, viii: 81;
rejected by U. S. government, viii: 82;
use on airplanes, viii: 87;
U. S. production figures for aircraft, xii: 284.
Liberty Loans, U. S., popularity, xii: 10;
selection of drive periods, xii: 11;
influence on national thrift, xii: 11-16;
subscription figures by Federal Reserve Districts, xii: 12;
New York City subscriptions, by borough, xii: 12;
compared with amount of other U. S. indebtedness, xii: 16;
amounts raised, xii: 113;
effect on German morale, xii: 126;
number of subscribers, xii: 127;
methods used in selling campaigns, xii: 127-134;
sales psychology, xii: 132;
Victory Way, xii: 133;
number of persons engaged in drives, xii: 134;
statistics, xii: 134;
_see also_ U. S., War cost.
Liberty motor, description, viii: 199;
production figures, xii: 285.
Liberty truck, development and description, viii: 291-294.
Libyan Desert, military operations in '16--'17, iii: 191.
Lichnowsky, Prince Karl Maximilian, German ambassador to England,
negotiations for settlement of Anglo-German rivalries, '12--'14,
i: 196, 250;
account of events leading to World War, i: 246;
author of _Memorandum_, account of diplomatic experiences
in England, i: 250;
biography, ix: 131-133.
Liebau, Hans, German propagandist in U. S., x: 338.
"Liebau Employment Agency,"
center of German propaganda in U. S., x: 338.
Liebknecht, Karl, German radical leader,
sketch of, by Sir Thomas Barclay, vi: _Intro. x_;
votes against war credits, vi: _Intro. xii_;
protest against War, '14, vi: 249;
imprisoned, '16, vi: 262, ix: 140, 141;
freed from prison, Oct., '18, vi: 272;
leads Spartacides, Nov., '18, vi: 278, ix: 142;
organizes Spartacide demonstrations, Dec., '18, vi: 283;
killed during Spartacide uprising, Jan. 15, '19, vi: 289, ix: 142;
biography, ix: 138-143;
elected to Prussian Assembly while in prison, ix: 140;
expelled from Socialist Party, ix: 141;
bibliography, ix: 142.
Liége, forts constructed, 1890, i: 143;
captured by Germans, Aug. 7, '14, i: 375,
ii: 348 (Ludendorff's account), iii: 10, xi: 9.
Liggett, Lieut.-Gen. Hunter,
commands First Corps, A. E. F., in Marne defensive, July, '18,
v: 56;
commands First Corps in St. Mihiel drive, v: 65, 202, 386;
appointed commander of First Army, Oct. 16, '18, v: 83, 246, 390;
in command of 41st Div., '17, v: 109;
commands First Corps in Meuse-Argonne Offensive, v: 220, 388, 390;
commands First Army in Meuse-Argonne, v: 390;
biography, ix: 218.
Lightning (78th) Division, _see_ U. S., Army.
Lille, abandoned by Allies, Aug. 28, '14, i: 375;
death-rate during German occupation, iii: 406.
_Lille, Laon and St. Dié_, poem by John Finley, vi: 82.
Limburg, claimed by Belgium, vi: 91.
Limey, location in St. Mihiel salient, v: 199.
Liners, interned German, in U. S. ports, injuries to, iv: 319.
Linsingen, Gen. von,
commands Austrians operating against Lemberg, iii: 132.
Liny-devant-Dun, captured by 11th Inf., Nov. 5, '18, v: 271.
_Lion_, British battle cruiser,
Beatty's flagship in battle of Jutland, iv: 105;
in battle of Heligoland Bight, iv: 241;
disabled in battle of Dogger Bank, iv: 246.
Liquid fire, first use by Germans in Belgium, July 30, '15, i: 381;
how used, viii: 120;
story of Germans caught in own trap, x: 18.
Lisle, Gen. de, at first battle of Ypres, ii: 171.
Lissey, captured by 5th Div., Nov. 8, '18, v: 272.
Listening device, for detecting submarines, description, iv: 308;
_see also_
Hydrophones;
Microphone.
Literary rights, Peace Treaty provisions for re-establishment of,
xii: 244-246.
Lithuania, struggle for independence, vi: 234-236;
opposed by Polish aspirations, vi: 234;
fight against Bolshevism, vi: 236;
Cabinet of '18, vi: 236;
fight against Polish aggression, vi: 236;
Republic established, Apr., '18, xii: 279;
area and population, xii: 279.
Little Russia, _see_ Ukraine.
Livonia, early history, vi: 226;
Republic established, Apr., '18, xii: 279;
area and population, xii: 279;
_see also_ Baltic Provinces.
Lizenz bombing airplanes, viii: 222.
_Llandovery Castle_, torpedoed, June 22, '18, i: 395.
Lloyd George, David,
advocates aggressive campaign against Austria,
ii: _Intro. x, xx_;
becomes British Prime Minister,
ii: _Intro. xx_, vi: 10, ix: 28;
military policy, ii: _Intro, xxi_;
becomes Minister of Munitions, May, '15, vi: 5, xii: 78;
appeal to munition workers, vi: 5, ix: 27;
speeds up British war efforts, vi: 10;
statement of Allied war aims, vi: 12;
indorses President Wilson's Fourteen Points, vi: 14;
conciliatory policy between labor and capital, vi: 20;
biography, ix: 21-30;
bibliography, ix: 30;
_see also_ Peace Conference.
Loans, raised by belligerents for conduct of War, xii: 111.
Locomotives, number shipped to France from U. S., xii: 95, 286;
_see also_ Railroads.
Lodge, Senator Henry Cabot,
leads opposition to Peace Treaty, xii: 264;
original reservations to Peace Treaty, text, xii: 265;
revised reservations to Peace Treaty, text, xii: 269.
Lodz, occupied by Germans, Nov. 27, '14, iii: 129.
Logan, Col. James A.,
Chief of Administration (G-1), G. H. Q., A. E. F., v: 101.
Loman, Pvt. Berger, gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 397.
Lome, surrender to British, Aug., '14, iii: 252.
London,
air raids on, Aug. 17, '15, i: 381;
Sept. 8, '15, i: 381;
Oct. 13, '15, i: 382;
Dec. 24, '14, iii: 41;
welcome to Pershing, June, '17, v: 97;
American Y. M. C. A. in, vii: 288.
_London_, British battleship at Gallipoli, iv: 33.
London Volunteer Motor Corps, vii: 107.
_Long, Long Trail_, American soldiers' song, xi: 335.
Longueval, objective in Somme battle, iii: 58.
Longwy, abandoned by Allies, Aug. 28, '14, i: 375;
iron area coveted by Germans, '14, ii: 6.
Loos, British attempt to pierce German lines at, '15, ii: 25;
captured by British, Sept. 26, '15, iii: 46;
faulty British generalship in battle of, iii: 375.
_Lord Nelson_, British battleship at Gallipoli, iv: 31.
Lorraine, value of iron deposits, i: 267;
French offensive in, Aug., '14, iii: 16.
Losnitza, Austrians cross Drina at, iii: 151.
Losses, _see_
Casualties;
Prisoners of war.
"Lost Battalion," under Major Whittlesey
cut off from 77th Div., Oct. 2, '18, v: 231, 239;
attempts at relief of, fail, v: 241, 242;
rescued, Oct. 7, '18, v: 243;
units composing, v: 363.
Loti, Pierre, description of gas victims, iii: 320-322.
Lough Foyle, Ireland, U. S. naval air station at, iv: 357.
Louppy, captured by 5th Div., Nov. 10, '18, v: 272.
"Lousy Champagne," location, v: 43.
Louvain, captured by Germans, Aug. 19, '14, i: 375, iii: 14;
burned by Germans, Aug. 26, '14, i: 375, iii: 14;
description of burning by Richard Harding Davis, iii: 273-277.
Louvain, University of, Peace Treaty provisions for restoration
by Germany of books destroyed, xii: 225.
Lowenstein, Milton B., Boy Scout in air service, xi: 116.
Lowestoft,
attacked by German battle cruiser squadron, Apr. 25, '16, i: 385.
Lowicz, occupied by Germans, Dec. 18, '14, i: 376.
Lublin, occupied by Austrians, July 30, '15, i: 381.
Lublin-Cholm Railway, cut by Germans in '15 offensive, iii: 138.
Lubomirsky, Prince,
appointed by Germany to Regency Council of Poland, vi: 214.
"Lucky Bag," explanation of term, iv: 171.
Lucy-la-Bocage, important point near Château-Thierry, v: 132.
Ludendorff, Gen. Erich von, War account, ii: 298-365;
estimate of own importance to German victories, ii: 298, 300;
appointed First Quartermaster-General, Aug. 29, '16,
ii: 326, iii: 61;
denies being Germany's dictator, ii: 333;
resignation forced, Oct. 26, '18, ii: 336, vi: 271;
opinion of A. E. F., ii: 337;
war attitude, explained by himself, ii: 344;
brigade commander at start of War, ii: 345;
share in capture of Liége, ii: 348;
appointed Chief of Staff to Hindenburg in East Prussia, Aug., '14,
ii: 351;
account of first meeting with Hindenburg, Aug. 23, '14, ii: 353;
appointed Chief of Staff for operations on southeastern front,
Sept., '14, ii: 357;
failure of "Spring Drive" loses War, '18, vi: 270;
biography, ix: 250-257.
Luderitz Bay, captured by British, iii: 254.
Lufberry, Maj. Raoul, American ace, story of, x: 191-196.
Luke, Lieut. Frank, Jr., American aviator, story of, x: 211-214;
gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 393.
Lukin, Gen., heads expedition against Sollum, iii: 191.
_Lullaby for a Baby Tank_, poem by H. T. Craven, xi: 270.
Lumber, uses in war, viii: 306-309.
Lunacharsky, member of Bolshevik presidium, vi: 179.
Lunéville, captured by Germans, Aug. 21--23, '14, i: 375, iii: 20;
retaken by French, Sept. 11, '14, i: 375.
Lupkow Pass, occupied by Russians, Dec., '14, iii: 127.
_Lurcher_, British destroyer
at battle of Heligoland Bight, iv: 241.
_Lusitania, S. S._,
German warning against travelling on, May 1, '15, i: 319;
sunk by German submarine, May 7, '15,
i: 319, 358, 362-365 (Lord Mersey's official report), 380,
xi: 20, 237;
loss of life, i: 319, 362;
U. S. note to Germany on sinking, May 13, '15, i: 320;
Roosevelt's statement on, i: 320;
Taft's view of action by U. S. over sinking, i: 320;
U. S. demands disavowal of sinking by Germany, i: 323;
summary of controversy between U. S. and Germany over sinking,
i: 358;
dimensions, i: 362;
number and nationality of passengers on last trip, i: 362;
number in crew, i: 362;
not armed, i: 363;
German hymn of glory over sinking of, i: 365;
eye-witness accounts of sinking, iv: 220-222;
Capt. Turner's account, iv: 222;
Germans celebrate destruction as naval victory, iv: 223.
Lutsk, captured by Germans, Sept. 1, '15, i: 381;
recaptured by Russians, Sept. 23, '15, i: 382;
recaptured by Germans, Sept. 27, '15, i: 382;
captured by Russians, June 6, '16, i: 385, iii: 142.
_Lützow_, German battle cruiser
sunk at Jutland, eye-witness account, iv: 256.
Luxemburg, Duchess of, _see_ Marie Adelaide.
Luxemburg, Grand Duchy of,
invaded by Germans, Aug. 2, '14, i: 144, iii: 10, vi: 93, xi: 10;
annexation sought by Belgium and France, '19, vi: 94;
Peace Treaty provisions concerning, xii: 189.
Luxemburg, Rosa,
German radical leader, protest against War, '14, vi: 249;
imprisoned, '16, vi: 262;
leads Spartacides, Nov., '18, vi: 278;
killed during Spartacide uprising, Jan. 14, '19, vi: 289;
views on social revolution, ix: 147.
Lvov, Prince George E.,
Premier under Russian Provisional Government, Mar. 14, '17,
vi: 155;
manifesto on war aims, Apr. 9, '17, vi: 159;
forms Coalition Cabinet, vi: 160;
biography, ix: 100-102;
President of All-Russian Union of Provincial Councils, xii: 82.
Lynch, George,
inventer of impenetrable cloth against barbed wire, viii: 68.
Lys, battle of, Apr., '18, ii: 153, iii: 91;
Portuguese troops flee under German attack,
ii: 153, iii: 91, vi: 374;
Allied lines broken, ii: 153, iii: 91;
Germans turn attack to Channel ports, iii: 91.
Lysk, Germans defeat Russians at '14, iii: 116.
_Lynx_, British destroyer blown up in Baltic, iv: 197.
M
Ma'an, seized by Arabs, Sept., '18, iii: 199.
Maastricht salient, claimed by Belgium, vi: 91.
MacArthur, Brig.-Gen. Douglas,
leads pursuit of Germans to Vesle River, Aug. 2--3, '18, v: 61;
commands 84th Inf. Brig., Oct. 14--16, '18, v: 84;
biography, ix: 213-217.
Macao, purchase of Portuguese interests at, by Japan, vi: 386.
Macdonald, Ramsay, endorses Bolshevist peace aims, vi: 12;
defeated in Parliamentary elections, '18, vi: 17.
Macdowell, Major T. W.,
wins Victoria Cross for gallantry at Vimy Ridge, iii: 349.
Macedonia, promised to Bulgaria by Germany, ii: 32;
occupation of, by Bulgarians, vi: 343-344;
military operations in, _see_ Salonika Campaign.
Machine-guns, use of, in British Army, ii: 125;
British and German equipments, Aug., '14, ii: 275;
utility in trench warfare, ii: 288, viii: 134-136;
nests, construction of, v: 37;
pits, v: 287;
number on A. E. F. front, Nov. 11, '18, v: 350;
predecessors of modern types, viii: 78;
Hiram Maxim's invention, 1883, viii: 78;
German pre-War preparedness, viii: 78;
effectiveness, viii: 79, 136;
usefulness compared with rifle, viii: 79;
German Machine-Gun Corps, viii: 79;
principal types, viii: 80-87;
Maxim gun, viii: 80, 87;
Benet-Mercier gun, viii: 80;
Lewis gun, viii: 81-82;
Browning gun, viii: 84-87;
on airplanes, viii: 86-87, 189-192, 196, 208-216;
Hotchkiss gun, viii: 87;
German and Allied equipments compared, Aug., '14, viii: 134;
tank _vs._ machine-gun, viii: 150-151;
U. S. production figures, xii: 284;
number captured by Americans, xii: 288.
Mackensen, Field-Marshal August von,
commander of Teuton forces conquering Serbia, ii: 34, iii: 156;
leads invasion of Rumania, ii: 60, iii: 222;
leader of offensive through Galicia and Poland, ii: 233, iii: 128;
commands Bulgarian forces, iii: 218;
biography, ix: 257-261.
Madeline Farm,
Germans resist attacks on, by 80th and 3rd Divs., Oct. 6, '18,
v: 241;
captured by Americans, Oct. 9, '18, v: 245.
_Madelon, Le_, French soldiers' song, xi: 339.
Madras,
bombarded by German raider _Emden_, Sept. 18, '14, iv: 174.
_Magdeburg_, German cruiser sunk by Russians, Aug., '14,
iv: 365.
Maghdaba, British defeat Turks at, iii: 192.
Magnes, Dr. Judah L.,
visits Europe for Jewish war relief, vii: 356, 360.
_Magpies in Picardy_, poem by "Tipcuca," xi: 224.
Magyars, predominance in Austria-Hungary, vi: 306;
loyalty to Empire, vi: 306;
rebel against new Czechoslovak government, vi: 399;
_see also_
Austria-Hungary;
Hungary.
Mahon, Gen., commands British at Salonika, iii: 202.
Maidos, defenses of Gallipoli at, iv: 24.
_Mainz_, German cruiser,
sunk in battle of Heligoland Bight, iv: 241.
Mainz,
occupation by Allies and conditions for withdrawal from, xii: 261.
Maize, imports of, by Germany, ii: 17.
_Majestic_, British battleship at Gallipoli, iv: 31;
sunk by submarine at Gallipoli, May 27, '15, iv: 50.
Malancourt, captured by Germans, Mar., '16, iii: 51;
location, v: 217;
4th Engrs. build artillery road from, to Esnes, Sept., '18, v: 226.
Malborghetto, captured by Italians, iii: 244.
_Mali Journal_, Serbian newspaper,
on antagonism to Austria-Hungary, vi: 356.
Malingering, devices for detection of, viii: 358-361.
Malinov, succeeds Radoslavov as Bulgarian Premier, vi: 346;
statement on circumstances of Bulgarian surrender, vi: 347.
Malleterre, Gen., discussion of Allied victory, ii: 206;
Professor of Military Geography at École de Guerre, ii: 220;
eulogy of Foch and Pétain, ii: 220.
Mallon, Capt. George H., gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 397.
Malmédy, ceded to Belgium under Peace Treaty, vi: 89, xii: 188.
Malmö, meeting of Scandinavian rulers at,
and pledge of mutual neutrality, vi: 393.
Malvy, French Minister of Interior,
tried for criminal neglect, iv: 10;
implicated in _Bonnet Rouge_ case, vi: 105;
exiled from France, vi: 106.
Mametz, captured by British in Somme battle, iii: 58.
Manchuria, Japanese penetration of, i: 20.
Mangin, Gen.,
attacks Germans on Villers-Cotterets and Soissons line, July, '18,
ii: 210, v: 159;
appointed commander of Verdun sector, iii: 62;
successful attack at Verdun, Dec., '16, iii: 62.
Mann, Maj.-Gen. William A.,
relieved of command of 42nd Div., '17, v: 109.
Mannerheim, Gen., commands Finnish White Guards, vi: 198;
dictator of Finnish de facto Republic, '18, vi: 200.
Manning, Corp. Sidney E., gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 399.
Manoury, Gen.,
commands a French army at first Marne battle, ii: 182, 184.
Mantou, Prof., interpreter to Supreme Peace Council, xii: 152.
_Maple Leaf Forever, The_, Canadian national hymn, xi: 330.
March, Gen. Peyton C.,
Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, biography, ix: 210-212.
Margate, bombed by German airmen, Oct. 22, '16, i: 388.
Marie, Queen of Rumania, appeal for American aid, vi: 349.
Marie Adelaide, Grand Duchess of Luxemburg,
resigns in favor of sister, vi: 94;
biography, ix: 383-384.
_Marina, S. S._, British freighter
sunk by German submarine, Oct. 28, '16, i: 335, 388.
Marines, U. S., _see_ U. S., Marines.
Maritz, Col., rebel Boer leader,
joins Germans in Southwest Africa, '14, iii: 254, vi: 50.
_Markomannia_, auxiliary to German raider _Emden_,
iv: 170, 172.
Marlin aircraft guns, U. S. production figures, xii: 284;
_see also_ Machine-guns.
Marne, Allied retreat to the, Aug.--Sept., '14, iii: 20-30;
topography of salient, v: 42, 133.
Marne, battles of:
Sept., '14, report of Field-Marshal French on preliminary action,
ii: 9;
outline of maneuvers, ii: 9;
Foch's generalship at, ii: 103, 138-142, 182, 220, iii: 31-34;
described by French participant, ii: 182;
Gen. Manoury's share in victory, ii: 182;
military situation preceding, ii: 183;
Allied generals under Joffre at, ii: 184;
German commanders at, ii: 184;
effect of Russian invasion of East Prussia on, ii: 227;
analysis of, by a German military critic, ii: 258;
detailed account of, iii: 30-36;
casualties at, iii: 35.
July, '18, Foch's strategy, ii: 77, ii: 154;
Ludendorff's account, ii: 322-324;
Ludendorff's comment on casualties, ii: 326;
Ludendorff's comment on A. E. F. fighting, ii: 326;
general account of battle, iii: 95-97, v: 129;
detailed account of A. E. F. participation,
v: 47-61, 148-192, 382;
reasons for failure of German offensive, v: 54;
German artillery captured by Americans, v: 56;
stand of 38th Inf. against German attempts to cross Marne,
July 15, '18, v: 150-153, x: 381-387;
Pershing's message to troops, v: 191;
Gen. Degoutte's praise of A. E. F. at, v: 192;
work of tanks at, viii: 148;
_see also_
Aisne-Marne Offensive;
Champagne.
Marne District, German destruction in, iii: 297-300.
Marne (3rd) Division, _see_ U. S., Army.
Mars, A. E. F. base hospital at, v: 400.
_Marseillaise_, French national anthem,
an Alsatian song, i: 211;
effect on French audience, i: 211;
words, xi: 326.
Marseilles, embarkation port for returning A. E. F., v: 395.
Marshal, Gen., commander of British capturing Bagdad, xi: 48.
Marshall, Louis, President American Jewish Relief Committee,
vii: 354.
Martin, Miss Winona C.,
American "Y" worker killed in France, vii: 313.
Martin, Dr. Franklin, member of Advisory Commission,
U. S. Council of National Defense, xii: 116.
Martinpuich, captured by Allies, Sept. 15, '16, i: 388.
Mary, Queen of England, biography, ix: 392-395.
Masaryk, T. G., leader of movement for Czech independence, vi: 397.
Masefield, John,
description of British embarkation for Gallipoli, iii: 350;
account of Gallipoli fighting, iii: 352, 355-358;
description of soldier's life at Gallipoli, iii: 353.
Mata-Hari, woman spy, executed by French, Oct. 15, '17, i: 392;
discloses tank secret to Germans, x: 360.
Matz Valley, German attacks during '18 offensive, ii: 76.
Maubeuge, Allied objective in final drive, Nov., '18, iii: 103.
Maude, Gen. Sir Frederick Stanley,
Mesopotamian successes, '16--'17,
ii: _Intro. xviii_, 90, iii: 185;
biography, ix: 194-199.
Maurepas, captured by French during battle of the Somme, iii: 58.
Maurice, Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick,
on general strategy of the War, ii: _Intro. vii-xxiv._
Mauser rifle, description, viii: 95.
Max, Burgomaster of Brussels,
demand of concessions from Germans, iii: 14.
Maxim, Hiram, invents machine-gun, 1883, viii: 78.
Maxim machine-gun, description, viii: 80;
modified type used by Germans and Austrians, viii: 87.
Maximilian of Baden, Prince,
appointed German Chancellor, Oct. 3, '18, vi: 270;
appeals to Wilson for armistice, vi: 270.
Mayo, Adm. Henry Thomas, biography, ix: 296.
Mazurian Lakes, topography of district, iii: 108;
difficulty of military operations in, iii: 113;
Russian armies annihilated by Hindenburg, Aug., '14, iii: 113-116;
second battle, Feb., '15, iii: 130;
_see also_ Tannenberg, battle of.
McAdoo, William G., biography, ix: 329-331;
Director General, U. S. Railroad Administration, xii: 88.
McAlexander, Brig.-Gen. U. G.,
as colonel commands 38th Inf. Regt. in second battle of the Marne,
July, '18, v: 152;
commands 180th Inf. Brig, at St. Mihiel, Sept. 12--15, '18, v: 209;
biography, ix: 216.
McAndrew, Maj.-Gen. James W.,
succeeds Gen. Harbord as Chief of Staff, A. E. F., Aug., '17,
v: 102;
Pershing's appreciation, v: 403-404;
biography, ix: 216.
McCaw, Brig.-Gen. Walter D., Chief Surgeon, A. E. F., v: 346.
McLemore Resolution, warning to Americans not to
travel on belligerent ships, i: 327;
President Wilson opposes, i: 327;
defeated, i: 328.
McLeod, Marguerite Gertrude Zelle,
German spy, discloses tank secret, x: 360.
McMahon, Maj.-Gen. James E., in command of 5th Div., May, '18,
v: 128;
at St. Mihiel, Sept. 12, '18, v: 202;
relieved of command of 5th Div., Oct., '18, v: 252.
McMurtry, Capt. George C., gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 399.
McRae, Maj.-Gen. James H.,
in command of 78th Div., June, '18, v: 144;
at St. Mihiel, Sept. 12, '18, v: 202.
Meat packers, profits before and during War, xii: 56.
Mecca, captured by Arabs, July 15, '16, i: 386.
Medeah Farm, captured by 67th French Div., Oct. 3, '18, v: 256.
Medical Corps, U. S., _see_ U. S., Army.
Medical science, use of X-ray, vii: 221, viii: 373-376;
development under war needs, viii: 361-365, xi: 286-291;
rifle and shell wounds, relative dangers of, viii: 361;
French medical service for wounded, viii: 362-365;
danger of infection in shell wounds, viii: 362, 367;
treatment of head wounds, viii: 365;
treatment of face wounds, viii: 366;
treatment of body wounds, viii: 366;
treatment of blood vessel lesions, viii: 366;
treatment of nerve cord lesions, viii: 366;
treatment of fractures, viii: 367;
new method of amputation, viii: 367;
prevention of tetanus infection, viii: 367, xi: 287;
prevention of gas gangrene, viii: 367, xi: 287-288;
treatment of shell shock, viii: 368;
causes of infection, viii: 369;
Carrel-Dakin treatment, viii: 369-372, xi: 288-289;
mechanical treatments for injured limbs, viii: 381-384;
artificial arms for war cripples, viii: 384-388;
artificial legs for war cripples, viii: 388-390;
reconstructing mutilated faces, viii: 390;
use of ambrine in treatment of burns, viii: 390;
artificial eyes for war blind, viii: 391;
prevention of infectious diseases among troops, viii: 392-397;
anti-typhoid immunization, viii: 393;
making drinking water safe for army, viii: 394-396;
_see also:_
Disease;
Infection;
Reconstruction of disabled;
Sanitation;
Surgery.
Medwa, Turks defeated at, by British, Jan., '16, iii: 191.
Mehun, U. S. Ordnance repair shop at, v: 350.
Memel, captured by Russians, Mar. 19, '15, i: 378;
evacuated by Russians, Mar. 21, '15, i: 378;
raided by Russian fleet, Mar., '15, iv: 365;
Peace Treaty provisions concerning, xii: 203.
_Men of Harlech_, Welsh national hymn, xi: 330.
Menoher, Maj.-Gen. Charles T., commander 42nd Div., '17, v: 109;
at St. Mihiel, Sept., '18, v: 202.
Mensheviki, Russian political party, doctrines of, vi: 148.
Menshikov, Russian imperialist,
outlines plan of conquest, '14, vi: 134.
Merchant marine, _see_ Shipping.
Mercier, Cardinal Désiré,
biography and war-time activities, ix: 341-343.
_Mersey_, British monitor, in Flanders and East Africa, iv: 281.
Mersey, Lord, official report on _Lusitania_ sinking,
i: 362-365.
Merville salient, evacuation of, by Germans, iii: 98.
Mesopotamia, German dream of acquisition, ii: 27;
British irrigation schemes in, ii: 295;
terrain and climate, iii: 178;
historic background of modern battlefields, iii: 329-334;
disposition under secret treaties of '16--'17, vi: 334;
area and population, xii: 279.
Mesopotamian Campaign,
strategic importance and Allied plan of operations,
ii: _Intro. xvi_, 87-91, iii: 178-180;
British land troops at Fao to protect oil fields, Nov., '14,
ii: _Intro. xvi_, iii: 180;
Gen. Nixon pursues Turks and threatens Bagdad, '15,
ii: _Intro. xvi_, 91, iii: 180-182;
British defeated at Ctesiphon and driven into
Kut-el-Amara, Dec., '15, ii: _Intro. xvi_, 91, 182-183;
siege of Kut and Gen. Townshend's surrender,
Dec. 7, '15--Apr. 29, '16,
ii: _Intro. xvii_, 91, iii: 183-185, 363, 364;
British reorganize campaign after Kut disaster,
ii: _Intro. xviii_, 92, iii: 185;
British capture Bagdad, Mar. 11, '17,
ii: _Intro. xviii_, 92, iii: 187;
British landing force advances to Basra and Kurna, Dec., '14,
iii: 180;
British capture Kut-el-Amara, Sept., '15, iii: 181;
unsuccessful attempts to relieve siege of Kut, iii: 184-185;
Gen. Maude placed in command of British, '16, iii: 185;
causes of and responsibility for British disaster,
report of Royal Commission, iii: 185, 363-370;
battle of Sannyat, iii: 185-187;
bibliography, iii: 187;
personnel of Commission of inquiry, iii: 363;
conditions in Kut during siege, iii: 364;
casualties in attempts to relieve Kut, iii: 364.
Messines Ridge,
British mine and blow up German positions, June, '17,
ii: 56, iii: 74, 76-77, viii: 310;
nature of German defenses, iii: 77;
casualties, British and German, iii: 77;
recaptured by Germans, Apr., '18, iii: 360.
_Messudiyeh_, Turkish warship
blown up in Dardanelles, Dec. 13, '14, i: 376, x: 317.
Mestrovitch, Sgt. James I.,
gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 393.
_Meteor_, German raider in Baltic, iv: 197.
Metternich, Prince, theory of government, i: 33.
Metz, bombarded by British airmen, Jan. 14, '18, i: 393;
entered by French, Nov. 19, '18, i: 400;
Allied plan for capture of, Nov., '18, v: 274.
Meurer, Vice-Adm.,
German delegate to arrange for surrender of German fleet, iv: 384.
Meurthe River, line of defense before Nancy, iii: 19.
Meuse River, French forced to retire from, Aug., '14, iii: 20;
German attempt to invade France through valley of, '14, v: 199.
Meuse-Argonne Offensive,
concentration of A. E. F. for, Sept., '18, ii: 84, v: 75, 218, 388;
objectives, ii: 84, 214, 387;
topography of battleground, ii: 214, v: 73-74, 90, 217-218;
strategic importance, ii: 215, v: 214-216, 387;
breakdown of A. E. F. supply service, ii: 215;
Ludendorff's comment on, ii: 334;
detailed account of battle, Sept. 25--Nov. 11. '18,
iii: 100, v: 72-95, 213-253, 260-279;
extent of A. E. F. front, v: 72-73, 217, 390;
Allied plan of campaign, v: 73, 75, 216, 218;
A. E. F. divisions participating, with positions in line,
v: 74, 219-222, 388;
German defenses, position and strength, v: 74, 217-218, 388;
A. E. F. advance to Kriemhilde position, v: 78-82;
Allies break through Kriemhilde line, v: 83-88;
Germans dislodged and thrown across the Meuse, Nov., '18, v: 88-95;
number of French troops participating, v: 220, 388;
German strength, v: 220, 388;
day by day account of operations, Sept. 25--Oct. 3, v: 222-233;
number of Allied airplanes, v: 223, 388;
day by day account, Oct. 4--31, v: 234-253;
day by day account of last phase, Nov. 1--11, v: 260-279;
Argonne Forest cleared of Germans, Nov. 3, '18, v: 266;
number of Allied tanks used, v: 315, 388;
sector assigned to A. E. F., v: 385;
Pershing's official report, v: 386-393;
Allies' artillery strength, v: 388;
strength of First Army, A. E. F., v: 390, xii: 280;
desperate nature of fighting, v: 390-391;
Germans appeal for Armistice, Nov. 6, '18, v: 391;
German guns captured, v: 393;
German prisoners captured, v: 393;
casualties of First Army, v: 393, xii: 280;
magnitude of operations, v: 393.
Mexico, German plot to involve in war with U. S., i: 347.
Meyer-Waldeck, Capt., German governor of Tsing-Tau, iii: 257.
Mézières, captured by Germans, Aug. 27, '14, i: 375;
Allied objective in final drive, Nov., '18, iii: 103;
captured by French, Nov. 9,. '18, iii: 103;
fortified French frontier town, v: 215.
Mézières-Sedan railroad,
key to German lines of communication on Western Front, v: 216, 387.
Mezy, Germans force passage of Marne at, July 15, '18, v: 150.
Mice, uses in war, vii: 229.
Michael, Grand Duke,
designated as successor by Czar on abdication, vi: 156;
renounces succession to Russian throne Mar., '17, vi: 156.
Michaelis, Georg, statement of German war aims, ii: 14;
appointment as German Chancellor, July, '17, vi: 266.
Michel position,
section of Hindenburg Line on St. Mihiel Front, v: 69.
Michitch, Gen., Serbian commander,
stops advance of Austrian invaders, Dec., '14, iii: 394.
Michler, Gen., decorated for Somme campaign, iii: 60.
Microphone, instrument for detection of U-boats, iv: 308, xi: 241;
_see also_ Hydrophones.
Milan, bombarded by Austrian airmen, Feb. 14, '16, i: 384.
Miles, Capt. Wardlaw L., gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 399.
Militarism, German, _see_ Germany, Militarism.
Military commandments, by Kitchener and Foch, xi: 55.
Military training, universal,
advocated by Dr. Chas. W. Eliot, i: _Intro. xii_;
German system of, i: 71;
Bernhardi's defense of, i: 162;
Roosevelt's advocacy of, for U. S., i: 326;
abolition of, in Germany under Peace Treaty, xii: 211.
Milk supply, German, ii: 18.
Miller, Lieut. John Q., observation pilot, story of, x: 232-235.
Miller, Major Oscar F., gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 402.
Millicent Sutherland Ambulance, vii: 107.
Milne, Adm.,
commander of British fleet in Mediterranean, Aug., '14, iv: 13.
Milne, Pvt. W. J.,
awarded Victoria Cross for gallantry at Vimy Ridge, iii: 349.
Milyukov, Paul M., Russian statesman,
exposes treachery of Stürmer, Nov., '16, vi: 142;
assails Government distribution of food, Feb., '17, vi: 144;
Minister of Foreign Affairs in Provisional Government, Mar., '17,
vi: 158;
statement of loyalty to Allied cause, vi: 158, 159;
biography, ix: 102-103.
Mines, submarine,
North Sea mine barrage, iv: _Intro. xi_, 324, viii: 274;
use of trawlers for sweeping, iv: 292;
use in fighting U-boats, iv: 312;
use of Paravanes as protection against, iv: 313;
methods of laying, iv: 326.
Mining, in land operations, blowing up of Messines Ridge by British,
iii: 74, 76-77, viii: 310;
of Austrian positions in Alps by Italians, viii: 311.
Minkler, C. T., inventor of depth bomb, iv: 330.
Miraumont, evacuated by Germans, iii: 64.
Mirbach, Count von, assassinated by Bolsheviki, vi: 187.
Missionaries, European, as colonial pioneers in East, i: 17.
Missions, German Christian,
continuity guaranteed by Peace Treaty, xii: 263.
Missy, scene of hard fighting by 1st Div., July, '18, v: 55;
1st Div. makes first capture of German guns by A. E. F., v: 174.
Mitau, captured by Germans, Aug. 2, '15, i: 381.
Mitrovitza, captured by Germans, Nov. 23, '15, i: 382.
Mixed Arbitral Tribunal,
establishment and functions under Peace Treaty, xii: 243.
Mkwawa, Sultan, skull of,
Peace Treaty provision for return of, by Germany, xii: 225.
Mobile ordnance repair shops,
description and functions, v: 350, viii: 294-298.
_Moewe_, German raider, activities, iv: 197.
Moffat, John, systematizes American war relief, vii: 87;
decorated for relief work, vii: 87.
Moffett, Capt. Wm. A.,
commander of Great Lakes Naval Training Station, iv: 318.
_Moltke_, German cruiser in battle of Dogger Bank, iv: 246.
Moltke, Field-Marshal von, views on German strategy, ii: 14.
Moltke, Lieut.-Gen. Helmuth von, biography, ix: 264.
_Monarch_, Austrian battleship
torpedoed by Italians at Trieste, x: 290.
Monastir, evacuated by Serbs, Dec. 3, '15, i: 382;
retaken by Allies, Nov. 19, '16, i: 388, iii: 208.
Moncy Wood, captured by 26th Inf., Oct. 5, '18, v: 240.
Mondement, Germans driven back at, in first Marne battle, iii: 33.
Mondragon, Gen., of Mexico, designer of self-loading rifle, viii: 90.
Money,
effect of unsecured paper money on prices, xii: _Intro. viii_;
inflation chief cause of high prices, xii: _Intro. xii_, 27;
war-time inflation in U. S., xii: _Intro. xii_;
inflation throughout world, xii: _Intro. xiii_;
functions, xii: _Intro. xv_;
standardized dollar as remedy for fluctuating cost of living,
xii: _Intro. xv_;
inflation defined, xii: 28;
effects of inflation, xii: 29;
revaluation of gold standard, xii: 31;
_see also_ Prices.
Monfalcone, captured by Italians, June 9, '15, iii: 244.
_Monge_, French submarine, rammed by Austrian warship, x: 295.
Monitors, revival of discarded naval type, iv: 280;
description of British type, iv: 281;
service at Dardanelles, iv: 282;
service at Trieste, iv: 283;
service in Serbia, iv: 283;
construction of, iv: 284.
_Monmouth_, British cruiser
in battle off Coronel, armament, iv: 65;
struck during battle, iv: 66;
sunk by _Nürnberg_, iv: 67, ix: 308.
Monneaux, location, v: 133.
Monro, Gen., Sir Charles,
sent to India to develop military resources,
ii: _Intro. xviii_;
succeeds Gen. Hamilton at Gallipoli, iii: 174;
conducts evacuation of Gallipoli, iii: 174.
Monroe Doctrine, barrier against European expansion in America, i:37;
interpretation under Roosevelt, i: 84;
upheld by Roosevelt against German coercion of Venezuela, i: 86.
Mons,
captured by Germans, Aug. 21--23, '14, i: 375;
British retreat from, Aug., '14,
ii: 162 (Viscount French's account),
iii: 277-281 (John Buchan's description);
British gallantry at, xi: 10.
Monsard, taken by Fourth Corps, Sept. 12, '18, v: 206.
Mont Blanc, captured by 2nd Div., v: 393.
Mont Mare Wood, passage by 89th Div., Sept. 12, '18, v: 210.
Mont St. Père-Chartèves, location, v: 133.
Mont St. Quentin, captured by British, Mar. 18, '17, iii: 68.
Mont Sec, dominating position on St. Mihiel sector, v: 65, 116, 199.
Mont Wood, captured by 90th Div., Nov. 2, '18, v: 264.
Montauban, captured by British in Somme battle, iii: 58.
Montblainville, captured by 28th Div., Sept. 26, '18, v: 325.
Montdidier, captured by French, Aug. 11, '18, i: 397;
1st Div. relieves French near, v: 29.
Montdidier-Noyon defensive, by Allies, June 9--15, '18,
iii: 94, v: 129, 139-141;
conditions leading to German attack, v: 139;
Allied use of artillery during, v: 139.
Monte Nero, captured by Italians, iii: 244.
Montecuccoli, Adm.,
responsible for development of Austrian navy, iv: 364.
Montenegro, declares war on Austria, Aug. 7, '14, i: 375;
declares war on Germany, Aug. 10, '14, i: 375;
forced to surrender to Austria, Feb., '16, vi: 358-359;
joins Jugoslav union, vi: 366;
battle deaths, xii: 288.
Montfaucon, German stronghold in Meuse-Argonne sector, v: 78, 218;
captured by 79th Div., Sept. 27, '18, v: 224-225.
Montfaucon Wood, captured by 37th Div., Sept. 26, '18, v: 224.
Montmédy, captured by Germans, Aug. 27, '14, i: 375.
Montmirail, German objective in last drive on Paris, v: 36;
headquarters of 28th Div., June, '18, v: 143.
Montrebeau Wood, captured by 1st Div., Oct. 4, '18, v: 237.
Montrieul-aux-Lions, headquarters of 2nd Div., June, '18, v: 143.
Moore, Rear-Adm. Sir Archibald,
second in command of British in battle of Dogger Bank, iv: 246.
Morale, Allied and German during winter, '17--'18, v: 1;
German, weakened by failure of great offensive, July, '18, v: 53;
American, under hardships of Meuse-Argonne Offensive, v: 87, 232;
Allied and German, Sept., '18, v: 213.
Moranville, taken by 322nd Inf., Nov. 9, '18, v: 277.
Morava-Maritza Valley,
approach to Constantinople through Serbia, iii: 150.
Moravia, early history, vi: 396;
nationalistic aspirations, vi: 396.
Moresnet, ceded to Belgium under Peace Treaty, vi: 89, xii: 188.
Moreuil salient, military operations in, Aug.--Sept., '18, iii: 98;
Allied attack on Albert-Montdidier line, iii: 98;
Albert captured by British, Aug., '18, iii: 98;
British attack on the Scarpe, Sept., '18, iii: 98.
Morgan, Miss Anne, war relief activities, vii: 92.
Morine Wood, captured by 32nd Div., Oct. 5, '18, v: 240.
Morocco,
French control of, recognized by Great Britain, '04, i: 99, 202;
Kaiser's famous speech at Tangier on German policy, Mar., '05,
i: 99, 202;
European crisis on dispatch of German gunboat _Panther_
to Agadir, July, '11, i: 104, 203;
storm center of European diplomacy, i: 202;
Prince Lichnowsky's views on German policy, i: 204;
German rights in, surrendered under Peace Treaty, xii: 208.
Mort Homme, _see_
Dead Man's Hill;
Verdun.
Mortars, _see_ Artillery.
Morton, Maj.-Gen. Charles G.,
commands 29th Div., June, '18, v: 146;
takes command of sector on right bank of Meuse, Oct. 10, '18,
v: 246.
Moscow,
municipal elections annulled by reactionary Protopopov, '17,
vi: 143;
Conference called by Kerensky, '17, vi: 167;
meeting of Soviet Congress, Mar., '18, vi: 185.
Moselle River,
German attempt to enter France through valley of, '14, v: 199.
Mosley, Brig.-Gen. G. Van H.,
Chief of Co-ordination, G. H. Q., A. E. F., Sept., '17, v: 102.
Motors, airplane, production in U. S., xii: 285;
Liberty, production figures, xii: 285.
Motor Transport Corps, U. S., _see_ U. S., Army.
Motor trucks, important function in Verdun defense,
iii: 50, viii: 289-291;
mobile ordnance repair shops, description and functions,
v: 350, v: 294-298;
armored cars, viii: 286;
Paris buses as war transports, viii: 286;
use as ambulances, viii: 287;
number in use by belligerents, Aug., '14, viii: 288;
number in use at front, June, '15, viii: 288;
number shipped to France from U. S., viii: 288, xii: 95, 286;
Liberty truck, development and description, viii: 291-294.
Mott, Dr. John R.,
General Secretary, Y. M. C. A. War Work Council, vii: 261.
_Mount Vernon_, U. S. transport torpedoed, Sept. 5, '17,
iv: 337.
_Mousquet_, French destroyer
sunk by _Emden_, Oct. 28, '14, iv: 181.
Mouzay, captured by 5th Div., Nov. 9, '18, v: 94, 272.
Mücke, Lieut. Hellmuth von,
account of exploits of German raider _Emden_,
iv: 167-187, 190-194.
Mudros, British advance base for Gallipoli campaign,
iii: 164, iv: 30.
Mühlon, Dr. William,
disclosures of German complicity in forcing War,
i: 133-136, 250-254.
Muir, Maj.-Gen. Charles H., commands 28th Div., May, '18, v: 128;
in Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Sept., '18, v: 220.
Mules, number shipped to France by U. S., xii: 95, 286.
Mülhausen, captured by French, Aug. 8, '14, iii: 16.
Müller, Capt. Karl von,
commander of German raider _Emden_, iv: 166.
Munich, murder of Kurt Eisner
and Spartacide uprising in, Feb., '19, vi: 298;
Spartacides establish Soviet, vi: 300;
Soviet overthrown by Noske, May, '19, vi: 301.
Münsterberg, Prof. Hugo, on "Russian Peril," vi: 250.
Murfin, Capt. O. G., in charge of U. S. Navy mine bases, iv: 325.
Murman Region,
Military Government of, established, July, '18, xii: 279;
area and population, xii: 279.
Murmansk, fighting between Allies and Bolsheviki at, vi: 187.
Murray, Gen., commands British troops defending Suez, iii: 191.
Mush, captured by Russians, Feb. 18, '16, i: 384, iii: 263;
evacuated by Russians, Aug. 8, '16, i: 386.
Mushi, captured by British, Mar. 13, '16, i: 384.
Mustard gas, use in chemical warfare, v: 321, viii: 171-172, xi: 321;
use of "Sag Paste," as protection against, v: 324;
manufacture of, at U. S. Edgewood Arsenal, viii: 186.
N
Namazieh Battery, at Gallipoli, iv: 45.
Namur, forts of, constructed, 1890, i: 143;
captured by Germans, Aug., '14, i: 375, iii: 14-15.
Nancy, German advance on, checked, Aug., '14, iii: 19;
important frontier fortress, v: 199, 215.
Nantillois, captured by 315th Inf., Sept. 28, '18, v: 228.
Napier, Rear-Adm. T. D. W.,
commander of British 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron at Jutland,
iv: 120.
Naples, bombed by German aviators, Mar. 11, '18, i: 395.
Napoleon, Fort, at Gallipoli,
bombarded by French battleship _Gaulois_, Mar. 2, '15, iv: 43.
Narew, Russian Army of the, invades East Prussia, iii: 111.
_Narodna Odbrana_, Serbian patriotic society,
accused of responsibility for murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
i: 112.
_Narodni Savetz_, Bulgarian patriotic organization, vi: 341.
Narrows, at Dardanelles,
defenses of bombarded by Allies, Mar. 5, '15, iv: 45.
Narva, captured by Germans, Mar. 5, '18, i: 393.
Nasarie, taken by British, '15, iii: 181.
Nasmith, Lieut.-Com.,
captain of British submarine _E-11_ in Sea of Marmora,
iv: 210.
Nasrullah Khan, instigator of Habibullah Khan's assassination,
vi: 80.
National Allied Relief Committee, vii: 87;
_see also_ War relief.
National anthems, words and histories of, xi: 325-332.
National Council of Austrian Women, peace appeals, '17, vi: 314.
National Guard, U. S., federalized, Aug. 5, '17, i: 390;
_see also_ U. S., Army.
National Volunteers,
Irish organization enlisted to aid British, vi: 57.
National War Work Council,
of American Y. M. C. A., formation, vii: 262;
_see also_ Y. M. C. A.
Nationalism, problems of, i: 23;
development in Europe since 1648, i: 26;
factor in racial unification, v: _Intro. viii_;
growth during 19th century, v: _Intro. ix_;
_see also_ under name of country.
Nations of the world, political positions in 1871, i: 44-60.
Naumann, Friedrich,
author of _Mittel Europa_, statement of German war aims,
vi: 258;
views on trench frontiers, viii: 126.
_Nautilus_, submarine invented by Robert Fulton, 1800, iv: 202.
Naval Batteries, U. S., on Western Front, v: 306, viii: 42-45.
Naval power, influence on result of War, i: 13;
function as protector of supply routes, i: 15;
development as adjunct to colonization, i: 28.
Naval raids, German bombardment of English coast towns, iv: 244-246.
Naval stations, British, around the world, i: 15.
Navarino, battle of, 1827, i: 34.
Navies, _see_ under each country.
Navigation, freedom of, for Allies,
over German waterways, Peace Treaty provisions, xii: 247-253;
Elbe, Oder, Niemen, and Danube internationalized
under Peace Treaty, xii: 248.
"Navy Hut," American "Y" center at Brest, vii: 302.
Nazareth, captured by British, Sept. 21, '18, iii: 198.
N-C Flying Boats, development and description, viii: 236-240;
_N-C-4_ first airplane to cross Atlantic, iv: 288, viii: 240.
Near East, European rivalries in, i: 38;
German policy, i: 80, 207, ii: 89;
_see also_
Balkans;
Germany, Foreign policy.
"Near victories," of the War, ii: 206.
_Nebraskan, S. S._, American steamer
attacked by German submarine, May 25, '15, i: 320.
Neibaur, Pvt. Thomas C., gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 399.
_Nembo_, Italian destroyer,
battle with Austrian U-boat, Oct. 16, '16, iv: 369.
Nesle, occupied by French cavalry Mar., '17, iii: 68.
Netherlands, international position in '14, i: 61;
refuses to cede Dutch Flanders to Belgium, vi: 89;
strength of army, '14, vi: 375, 378;
maintains armed neutrality, vi: 375-377;
neutrality condemned by British press, vi: 376;
effect of submarine warfare on, vi: 377-378;
merchant marine seized by Allies, Mar., '18, vi: 378;
claims Scheldt and Maastricht area, '18, vi: 378;
generous host to Belgian refugees, vii: 168-175;
war-time increase in shipping, xii: 101.
"Netherlands Overseas Trust," vi: 377.
Neufchateau, training area for 26th and 42nd Divs., v: 6.
Neutrals, increase in shipping, xii: 100;
trade with Germany, xii: 100.
Neuve Chapelle, captured by British, Mar. 9--10, '15, i: 378, iii: 41;
faulty British generalship at, iii: 375.
Neuve Eglise, captured by British, Sept. 2, '18, i: 397.
Newbolt, Sir Henry,
account of Smith-Dorrien's battle at Le Cateau, Aug. 26, '14,
ii: 176-182.
New Guinea, German, captured by Australians, '14, vi: 38.
_New Mexico_, U. S. battleship,
propelled by electricity, iv: 322.
New Zealand, war casualties, iii: 404, 405;
strength of army, iii: 405;
area and population, vi: 37;
loyalty to Great Britain, vi: 46;
war cost, Aug., '14--Mar., '19, xii: 107, 114;
Peace Conference delegates, xii: 179.
_New Zealand_, British cruiser
in battle of Heligoland Bight, iv 241;
in battle of Dogger Bank, iv: 246.
Niblack, Rear-Adm. Albert P., biography, ix: 295.
Nicaragua, delegate to Peace Conference, xii: 180.
Nicholas, Grand Duke, Commander-in-Chief of Russian armies, iii: 119;
removed as Commander-in-Chief and sent to Caucasus, Sept., '15,
iii: 140, 262;
biography, ix: 229-231.
Nicholas, King of Montenegro,
surrenders to Austrians, Feb., '16, vi: 359;
deposed, vi: 366.
Nicholas II, Czar of Russia,
takes personal command of army, Sept., '15, iii: 140, vi: 141;
influence of Rasputin over court, vi: 141;
issues undated order for dismissal of Duma, '17, vi: 144;
abdicates, Mar. 15, '17, vi: 156;
biography, ix: 374-376.
_Nicholson_ U. S. destroyer, captures German submarine, iv: 350.
Niemen, Russian Army of the, invades East Prussia, iii: 110.
Niemen River, internationalized by Peace Treaty, xii: 248.
Nietzsche, Friedrich,
German apostle of gospel of force, i: 67, ii: 2;
striking quotations from, i: 179-180.
Nieuport, captured by Germans, Oct. 24, '14, i: 376.
Nieuport scout planes, viii: 192.
Nightingale, Florence, pioneer army nurse, vii: 11.
_1914_, by Viscount French,
account of military operations of year, summary with extracts,
ii: 159-174.
Nish, captured by Bulgars, Nov. 5, '15, i: 382, iii: 158;
retaken by Allies, Oct. 13, '18, iii: 213.
Nish-Salonika Railroad, cut by Bulgarians, iii: 158.
Nitrogen, asphyxiating properties, viii: 166.
Nitti, Francesco S.,
Italian minister, opposes policy of aggrandizement, vi: 366.
Nivelle, Gen. Robert,
succeeds Joffre as French Commander-in-Chief,
ii: _Intro. xx_, iii: 62;
in supreme command of Allied forces on Western Front, '16, ii: 54;
plans campaign of '17, ii: 54;
defends Verdun, '16, iii: 54, 61, 310;
biography, ix: 167-168.
Nixon, Gen. Sir John,
commands British troops in Mesopotamia, iii: 182;
responsibility for Mesopotamian failure, iii: 364, 367.
"No Man's Land," definition, v: 17.
Nolan, Brig.-Gen. D. E.,
Chief of Intelligence (G-2), G. H. Q., A. E. F.,
Sept., '17, v: 101;
in Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Sept., '18, v: 221.
Nonsard, captured by 1st Div., Sept. 12, '18, v: 211.
Norman Compensating Foresight, use in range-finding, viii: 211.
North German Confederation, formation, i: 43, ii: 1.
North German Lloyd Line, tonnage and capital, i: 264.
North Pacific Islands, German, acquired by Japan, xii: 279;
area and population, xii: 279.
North Sea,
Allied mine barrage, iv: _Intro. xi_, 324-330, viii: 274;
problem of belligerents in, iv: 86, 91;
German naval raids, iv: 136.
_Northern Pacific, S. S._, speed record as transport, v: 358.
Norway, pro-Ally sympathies, vi: 394.
Noske, Gen., suppresses Berlin Spartacides, vi: 289;
overthrows Munich Soviet, vi: 300-301.
_Nottingham_, British cruiser sunk, Aug. 19, '16, i: 386;
in battle of Heligoland Bight, iv: 241.
Nouart, captured by 89th Div., Nov. 2, '18, v: 264.
Novo Georgievsk, Russian attack at, Oct., '14, iii: 126;
captured by Germans, Aug., '15, iii: 138.
Noyon, captured by French, Aug. 28, '18, i: 397, ii: 158;
occupied by French, March 18, '17, iii: 68;
_see also_ Montdidier-Noyon defensive.
Nugent, Gen., commander of 36th Ulster Div., iii: 377.
_Nur-el-Bahr_, British cruiser
sunk off Sollum, Nov. 6, '15, ii: 190.
_Nürnberg_, German cruiser in battle off Coronel, iv: 65;
sunk in battle of Falkland Islands, iv: 70, 74.
Nurses, U. S. Army Nurse Corps, vii: 203;
_see also_
Red Cross;
War relief.
O
_O Patria, O Rei, O Povo_, Portuguese national hymn, xi: 329.
Obrenovatz, captured by Austrians, Oct. 18, '15, i: 382.
O'Brien, Lieut. Pat, escape from German prison, x: 257.
Observation balloons, _see_ Aeronautics.
_Ocean_, British battleship at Gallipoli, iv: 31, 35, 48.
Oches, taken by 77th Div., Nov. 4, '18, v: 266.
Oder River, internationalized by Peace Treaty, xii: 248.
Odessa, importance as military base, iii: 161.
Ogons Wood, captured by A. E. F., Oct. 5, '18, v: 230, 237, 239.
_Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning_,
American soldiers' song, xi: 337.
O'Kelly, J. T., Irish representative to Peace Conference, vi: 65.
Okuma, Count, influence on Japanese foreign policy, vi: 384;
biography, ix: 87.
"Old Dutch Cleansers," nickname for 9.2-in. British howitzers,
v: 308.
Old Hickory (30th) Division, _see_ U. S., Army.
O'Leary, Jeremiah, pro-German propagandist in U. S., x: 345.
O'Leary, Sgt. Michael, wins Victoria Cross, x: 71.
Oman, acquired by Allies, '13, xii: 279;
area and population, xii: 279.
Omsk, capital of All-Russian Government, vi: 191.
_Onslow_, British destroyer at battle of Jutland, iv: 121.
"Open Door" policy in China, i: 57;
_see also_ China.
Opium Convention, Jan. 23, '12,
put into force by Peace Treaty, xii: 232.
Opium War, against China, 1840, i: 38.
"Oppy Line," captured by British in Arras battle, iii: 72.
Optical glasses, for A. E. F., viii: 326.
Orange Free State,
becomes part of Union of South Africa, 1899, vi: 47;
opposition to Great Britain, vi: 50-52;
_see also_ South Africa, Union of.
Orders in Council,
British, establish blockade of Germany, i: 312, 318, ii: 16, 21;
_see also_ Germany, Blockade of.
Orientator, for testing aviators, viii: 356-358.
Orlando, Vittorio Emanuele,
Italian statesman, forms coalition cabinet, Oct., '17, vi: 129;
foreign policy, vi: 362, 366;
demands Fiume for Italy, vi: 368;
withdraws from Peace Conference on Fiume crisis, vi: 368;
biography, ix: 85-87.
Orly, U. S., aircraft factory at, v: 313.
Ornes, captured by Germans, '16, iii: 48.
Orphans, _see_ War relief.
Orsova, captured by Rumanians, Sept. 7, '16, i: 386, iii: 218;
evacuated by Rumanians, Nov. 24, '16, i: 389, iii: 222.
Orsova Railway, captured by Germans in Wallachian campaign, iii: 221.
O'Ryan, Maj.-Gen. John F., commander, 27th Div., v: 196, 281;
account of history of 27th Div., v: 281-300.
O'Shea, Corp. Thomas E., gets Congressional Medal of Honor, x: 393.
Ossowetz, besieged by Germans, iii: 118, 130;
captured, Aug., '15, iii: 138.
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