Chapter I: Part I: Great Battles of the Western Armies

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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 Bassée and Arras 177

XXIX. General Movements on the French and Flanders Fronts 181

XXX. Operations Around La Bassée 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