CONTENTS

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PART 1.-WESTERN FRONT-SOMME AND VERDUN

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I. FRENCH AND BRITISH ADVANCES . . . . . . . . 9

II. FURTHER SUCCESSES — FRENCH CAPTURE MAUREPAS . . . 13

III. GERMAN COUNTERATTACKS . . . . . . . . . . 16

IV. OPERATIONS AT VERDUN-BRITISH VICTORIES IN THE SOMME 19

V. THE “TANKS"-BRITISH CAPTURE MARTINPUICH. . . . 21

VI. CAPTURE OF COMBLES-AIR RAIDS. . . . . . . . 25

VII. BRITISH CAPTURE EAUCOURT L'ABBAYE-REGINA TRENCH . ..

VIII. CONTINUED ALLIED ADVANCE . . . . . . . .

IX. FRENCH RETAKE DOUAUMONT . . . . . . . . .

X. GERMANS Lose FORT VAUX-FRENCH TAKE SAILLISEL . .

XI. BRITISH SUCCESSES IN THE ANCRE . . . . . . . .

XII. OPERATIONS ON THE FRENCH FRONT-FURTHER FIGHTING IN

THE ANCRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

XIII. WEATHER CONDITIONS-MOVEMENTS AROUND Loos . . .

XIV. FRENCH WIN AT VERDUN . . . . . . . . . . .

XV. CANADIANS AT ARRAS-NIVELLE IN COMMAND . . . . . 56

XVI. GERMAN ATTACKS AT VERDUN - RESULT OF Six MONTHS'

FIGHTING . . . . . . . . . . . .

XVII. GERMAN ATTACK ON HILL 304BRITISH SURPRISE ATTACK

XXIV. RUMANIA'S MILITARY STRENGTH . . . . . . . . 96

XXV. HOSTILITIES BEGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

XXVI. BULGARIA ATTACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

XXVII. THE GERMANS ARRIVE. ........... 103

XXVIII. THE RUMANIAN RAID ACROSS THE DANUBE . . . . . . 106

PART III.—THE BALKANS-Continued

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XXIX. MACKEN SEN PRESSED BACK . . . . . . . . . 1

xxx. THE RUMANIANS PRESSED BACK . . . . . . . . 11,

XXXI. THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER ARGECHU . . . . . . . 117

XXXII. BUCHAREST FALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

XXXIII. SARRAIL'S OFFENSIVE . . . . . . . . . . . 124

XXXIV. UNREST IN GREDCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

XXXV. A GREEK ARMY SURRENDERS TO GERMANY. . . . . 129

XXXVI. THE SERBIANS ADVANCE . . . . . . .

132

XXXVII. THE GREEKS ON THE FIRING LINE . . .

XXXVIII. SEIZURE OF THE GREEK FLEET . . . . . . . . . 136

XXXIX. THE BULGARIANS DRIVEN BACK . . . . . . . . 138

XL. MONASTIR FALLS . . . . . . . . . . . 140

XLI. GREEK FIGHTS GREEK . . . . . . . . . . . 143

XLII. FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF ATHENS . . . . . . 145

XLIII. THE SERBIANS CHECKED . . . . . . . . . . 14

134

XLIV. THE FALL OF GORITZ . . . . . . . . . . . 149

XLV. FALL AND WINTER ON THE AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT . . 153

XLVI. FIGHTING ON MOUNTAIN PEAKS . . . . . . . . 159

PART 1.-WAR IN THE AIR AND ON THE SEA

XLVII. AEROPLANE WARFARE . . . . . . . . .

XLVIII. ZEPPELIN RAIDS. . . . . . . . . . . .

XLIX. SUBMARINE WARFARE . . . . . . . . . .

• PART VI.—THE UNITED STATES AND THE

BELLIGERENTS

L. THE OLD MENACE . . . . . . . . . . . 189

LI. THE U-53's EXPLOITS . . . . . . . . . . . 194

LII. GATHERING CLOUDS . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

LIII. RUPTURE WITH GERMANY . . . . . . . . . 205

LIV. NOTHING SETTLED . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

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PART VII.-WESTERN FRONT

LV. THE GERMAN RETREAT ON THE ANCRE . . . . . . 217

LVI. THE GERMAN RETREAT CONTINUES-FRENCH RECOVER 120

TOWNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227