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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

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