History of the World War

Tsing Tau Seized by the Mikado-German "Gibraltar" of the Far East
Surrendered After Short Siege Japan's Aid to the Allies in Money, Ships,
Men and Nurses-German Propaganda in the Far East Fails

CHAPTER IX. CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST

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Invasion of East Prussia-Von Hindenburg and Masurian Lakes-Battle of

Tannenberg-Augustovo-Russians Capture Lemberg-The Offer to Poland 126

CHAPTER X. STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY ON THE SEA

The British Blockade-German Raiders and Their Fate-Story of the

Emden's Remarkable Voyage-Appearance of the Submarine-British Naval

Victory off Helgoland-U-9 Sinks Three British Cruisers

CHAPTER XI. THE SUBLIME PORTE

Turkish Intrigues-The Holy War-Mesopotamia and Transcaucasia-The

Suez Canal-Turkey the Catspaw of Germany

CHAPTER XII. RESCUE OF THE STARVING

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Famine in Belgium-Belgium Relief Commission Organized in London-

Herbert C. Hoover-American Aid-The Great Cardinal's Famous Challenge 181

CHAPTER XIII. BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES

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German and British Squadrons Grapple off the Chilean Coast-Germany
Wins the First Round-England Comes Back with Terrific Force-Graphic
Picture of the Destruction of the German Squadron off Falkland Islands-
English Coast Towns Bombarded for the First Time in Many Years

CHAPTER XIV. NEW METHODS AND HORRORS OF WARFARE

Tanks-Poison Gas-Flame Projectors-Airplane Bombs-Trench Mortars-

Machine Guns-Modern Uses of Airplanes for Liaison and Attacks on Infantry

-Radio-Rifle and Hand Grenades-A War of Intensive Artillery Prepara-

tion-A Debacle of Insanities, Terrible Wounds and Horrible Deaths... 217

CHAPTER XV.

GERMAN PLOTS AND PROPAGANDA IN AMERICA

Trailing the German Plotters-Destruction of Ships-Pressure on Congress-
Attacks in Canada-Zimmerman's Foolish Effort to Embroil America with
Mexico and Japan-Lies of the Propagandists After America Entered the
War-Dumba, Von Bernstorff, Von Papen and Boy-Ed, a quartet of Unscru-
pulous Destructionists

CHAPTER XVI. SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA

The Submarine Murderers at Work-Germany's Blackhand Warning-No

Chance for Life-The Ship Unarmed and Without Munitions-The Presi-

dent's Note-Germany's Lying Denials-Coroner's Inquest Charges Kaiser

with Wilful Murder "Remember the Lusitania" One of America's Big

Reasons for Declaring War

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CHAPTER XVII. NEUVE CHAPELLE AND WAR IN BLOOD-

SOAKED TRENCHES

War Amid Barbed-Wire Entanglements and the Desolation of No Man's

Land-Subterranean Tactics Continuing Over Four Years-Attacks that

Cost Thousands of Lives for Every Foot of Gain.

CHAPTER XVIII. STEADFAST SOUTH AFRICA

Botha and Smuts, Rocks of Loyalty Amid a Sea of Treachery-Civil War

that Ended with the Drowning of General Beyers and the Arrest of General

De Wet-Conquest of German Colonies-Trail of the Hun in the Jungle

CHAPTER XIX. ITALY DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA

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Her Great Decision-D'Annunzio, Poet and Patriot-Italia Irredenta—

German Indignation-The Campaigns on the Isonzo and in the Tyrol . . . 287

CHAPTER XX. GLORIOUS GALLIPOLI

A Titanic Enterprise-Its Objects-Disasters and Deeds of Deathless Glory—

The Heroic Anzacs Bloody Dashes up Impregnable Slopes-Silently they

Stole Away-A Successful Failure

CHAPTER XXI. THE GREATEST NAVAL BATTLE IN HISTORY

The Battle of Jutland-Every Factor on Sea and in Sky Favorable to the

Germans-Low Visibility a Great Factor-A Modern Sea Battle-Light

Cruisers Screening Battleship Squadron-Germans Run Away when British

Fleet Marshals Its Full Strength-Death of Lord Kitchener

CHAPTER XXII. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN

The Advance on Cracow-Von Hindenburg Strikes at Warsaw-German
Barbarism-The War in Galicia-The Fall of Przemysl-Russia's Ammuni-
tion Fails-The Russian Retreat The Fall of Warsaw-Czernowitz

CHAPTER XXIII. How THE BALKANS DECIDED

Ferdinand of Bulgaria Insists Upon Joining Germany-Dramatic Scene in
the King's Palace-The Die is Cast-Bulgaria Succumbs to Seductions of
Potsdam Gang-Greece Mobilizes-French and British Troops at Saloniki-
Serbia Over-run-Roumania's Disastrous Venture in the Arena of Mars

CHAPTER XXIV. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA

British Army Threatening Bagdad Besieged in Kut-el-Amara-After Heroic

Defense General Townshend Surrenders After 143 Days of Siege-New British

Expedition Recaptures Kut-Troops Push on up the Tigris-Fall of Bagdad,

CHAPTER XXV. CANADA'S PART IN THE GREAT WAR

BY COL. GEORGE G. NASMITH, C. M. G.

Enthusiastic Response to the Call to Action-Valcartier Camp a Splendid

Example of the Driving Power of Sir Sam Hughes-Thirty-three Liners Cross

the Atlantic with First Contingent of Men and Equipment-Largest Convoy

Ever Gathered Together-At the Front with the Princess Pat's-Red Cross-

Financial Aid-Half a Million Soldiers Overseas-Mons, the Last Stronghold

of the Enemy, Won by the Men from Canada-A Record of Glory .

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Grave of the Military Reputations of Von Falkenhayn and the Crown Prince

-Hindenburg's Warning-Why the Germans Made the Disastrous Attempt

to Capture the Great Fortress-Heroic France Reveals Itself to the World-

"They Shall Not Pass"-Nivelle's Glorious Stand on Dead Man Hill-Lord

Northcliffe's Description-A Defense Unsurpassed in the History of France 398

CHAPTER XXVII.

MURDERS AND MARTYRS

The Case of Edith Cavell-Nurse Who Befriended the Helpless, Dies at the

Hands of the Germans-Captain Fryatt's Martyrdom-How Germany Sowed

the Seeds of Disaster

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES

The Canadians in Action-Undismayed by the New Weapon of the Enemy-

Holding the Line Against Terrific Odds-Men from the Dominion Fight Like

Veterans

CHAPTER XXIX.

ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON FRANCE AND ENGLAND

First Zeppelin Attack Kills Twenty-eight and Injures Forty-four-Part of

Germany's Policy of Frightfulness-Raids by German Airplanes on Unforti-

fied Towns-Killing of Non-Combatants-The British Lion Awakes-Anti-

Aircraft Precautions and Protections-Policy of Terrorism Fails

CHAPTER XXX. RED REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA

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Rasputin, the Mystic-The Cry for Bread-Rise of the Council of Workmen's

and Soldiers' Delegates-Rioting in Petrograd-The Threatening Cloud of

Disaster-Moderate Policy of the Duma Fails-The Fatal Easter Week of

1917-Abdication of the Czar-Last Tragic Moments of the Autocrat of All

the Russias-Grand Duke Issues Declaration Ending Power of Romanovs in

Russia-Release of Siberian Revolutionists-Free Russia
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CHAPTER XXXI. THE DESCENT TO BOLSHEVISM

Russia Intoxicated with Freedom-Elihu Root and His Mission-Last

Brilliant Offensive in Galicia-The Great Mutiny in the Army-The Battalion

of Death-Kerensky's Skyrocket Career-Kornilov's Revolt-Loss of Riga-

Lenine, the Dictator-The Impossible "Peace" of Brest-Litovsk

438

CHAPTER XXXII.

UNITED STATES

GERMANY'S OBJECT LESSON TO THE PAGE

Two Voyages of the Deutschland-U-53 German Submarine Reaches Newport
and Sinks Five British and Neutral Steamers off Nantucket-Rescue of
Survivors by United States Warships-Anti-German Feeling in America
Reaching a Climax

CHAPTER XXXIII.

AMERICA TRANSFORMED BY WAR

The United States Enters the Conflict-The Efficiency of Democracy-Six
Months in an American Training Camp Equal to Six Years of German Com-
pulsory Service-American Soldiers and Their Resourcefulness on the Battle-
field-Methods of Training and Their Results-The S. A. T. C.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

How FOOD WON THE WAR