British Isles, 18, 58.
Brussels, captured by the Ger-
mans, 25, 30.
Bucharest, captured by the Cen-
tral Powers, 84.
Budapest, parliament meets in, II.
Bulgaria, wins the Second Balkan
War, 3; the discontent of, 6;
joins the Central Powers, 67;
surrenders to the Allies, 108.
Bundesrat, the, 91, 92, 93.
Cadorna, General Count Luigi,
forces the Austrians to retreat,
83.
Calais, the Germans fail to reach,
37.
Camouflage, 41; discovered by
aircraft, 45-46; deceived pi-
geons, 76.
Camp-Fire Girls, war work of the,
Canada, 17; Montenegrins enlist
in, 29.
Canadians at Ypres, 54.
Candace, Queen, 102.
Cantonments, 110-111; teaching
English in the, 112.
Carpathian Mountains, II; the
Austrians driven out of the, 40;
the Russians retreat from the,
65-66.
Caucasia, 80.
Caucasus (Mountains), Grand
Duke Nicholas sent to the, 66;
events near the, 80.
Central Powers, 59, 65, 67, 73;
relations of Italy with the, 78-
79; capture Bucharest, 84; at-
tacked on all sides by the
Allies, 95; favored by the King
of Greece, 99; a new ally from
the heart of the, 106; on the
way to defeat, 108.
Cettinje, capital of Montenegro,
29.
China, forced to lease Kiao-chau
to Germany, 28; joins the Al-
lies, 98.
Civil War, carrying commands in
the, 43; 58.
College boys, in the war, 119, 120.
College girls, in the war, 120.
Concord Hymn, The, 7.
Constantine, King of Greece,
favors the Central Powers, 99.
Constantinople, held by the
Turks, 1, 2; II, 13; visited by
the Kaiser, 29; 30; 67; the cap-
ture of, planned by the Allies,
68; failure of the plan, 71, 72;74.
Continent, the, 9.
Cossacks, 96.
Costa Rica, breaks off diplomatic
relations with the Central
Powers, 99.
Crown Prince of Germany, fails
to capture Verdun, 74-75.
Crusades, Saladin takes Jerusa-
lem during the, 103.
Cuba, German Government tries
to arouse hatred of the United
States in, 87; joins the Allies, 98.
Czernovitz, taken by the Rus-
sians, 81.
Danube (River), at Belgrade, 4;
Austrians at the, 39.
Dardanelles (Strait of), controlled
by Turkey, 10; closed by Tur-
key, 30; 67; currents of the, 68-
69; capture of the, planned, 99.
"Day, The," 19.
Democracy, 90; democracies of
the United States, France,
England, Italy, 90; 94.
Denmark, 40.
Dog of Flanders, A, 49.
Dogs, in war, 49-51.
Dover Strait, 14, 18.
"Drang nach Osten," 10.
Dual Monarchy, the, 17; history of
the, 12-13. See Austria-Hungary.
Dug-outs, 35.
Duma, shuts up the Czar in his
palace, 96.
East, Japan and England in the,
28; Germany plans to enter the,
30.
Eastern Front, formed, 38; 39;
deadlock at the, 40; Germany's
successes on the, in 1915, 72.
Eastern Question, 9.
Eastport, 123.
Ecuador, breaks off diplomatic
relations with the Central
Powers, 99.
Egypt, 13, 68; aimed at by the
Turks, 79; capture of Jerusa-
lem by, 103.
Emden, German raider, 40; cam-
ouflage of the, 41.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quota-
tion from, 7.
England, does not want war, 8;
99; joins the Triple Entente,
13-14; tries to prevent war, 17;
hated by Germany, 18; declares
war against Germany, 20; guar-
antees the freedom of Luxem-
burg and Belgium, 22; appealed
to by Belgium, 23; reasons of,
for entering the war, 24; un-
prepared for war, 25; 31; 55;
resorts to conscription, 32;
holds a review of warships, 40;
veterinary corps of, 50; and
war work at home, 55-56; |
blockades German ports, 56;
keeps contraband from Ger-
many, 57; agrees to pay for
damages to neutral trade, 59;
takes New Guinea and other
islands, 72; in the early days of
the war, 75; work of the navy
of, 77-78; the Government of,
90; fighting our battles, 94.
English Channel, 14; English re-
view of warships in the, 40.
Erzerum, captured by the Rus-
sians, 81.
Esthonia, in the hands of Ger-
many, 105.
Europe, 1, 2, 9; the "powder
magazine" of, exploded, 15; 16.
Falkenhayn, General Erich von,
successful in Rumania, 84.
Far East, Germany plans to
reach the, II, 13.
Faroe Islands, 57, 58.
Fifteen Decisive Battles of the
World, The, 26.
Flanders, campaign in, 101.
Flying machines, and their work,
44-46.
Foch, General Ferdinand, given
command of the Allied forces,
France, wins in Morocco, 3; does
not want war, 8; railroads of,
compared with those of Russia,
10; war of 1870 with Germany,
12; forms an alliance with Rus-
sia and England, 13-14; feared
by Germany, 18; 19; Germany
declares war against, 20; 22;
appealed to by Belgium, 23; un-
prepared for war, 25; 55; land
in, taken by Germany, 27; 31,
38; the energy of, 54-55; the
government of, 90; fighting our
battles, 94; our old friend, 118.
Franco-Prussian War, 39; Verdun
fortified after the, 73; Czechs
protest against German annex-
ation of Alsace-Lorraine, 107.
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, as-
sassination of, 7.
French (language), struggles with
the, 112-113.
Friends, the Society of, 119.
"Frightfulness," 62, 63-64.
"From Dan to Beersheba," 102.
Galicia, the Russians enter, 39,
40; Russians are driven from,
64-66, 72.
Galician Front, 79.
Gallipoli, landing of the Allies on,
70-71; 81.
Garden of Eden, thought to have
been in Mesopotamia, 82.
Gaza, captured by the English,
German Embassy, forges pass-
ports, 87.
German Empire, formation of
the, 91.
German Government, outrages of
the, in the United States, 87.
Germans, defeat France in 1870,
13; taught that they were
superior to others, 19; in-
vade Belgium, Luxemburg, and
France, 24-26; are repulsed at
the Marne, 26-27; aim at War-
saw, King Peter captured by
the, 39; introduce liquid fire,
42; raid Red Cross hospitals,
45; introduce poison gas, fail to
take Ypres, 54; the crimes of
the, 63-64; favored by Russian
officials, 66; Turks trained by
the, 70; claim the battle of Jut-
land as a victory, 77; Russian
stores saved from the, 106; in
retreat, III. See Germany.
Germany, loses in Morocco, and
in the Balkan Wars, 3; the aims
of, 9; plans to increase her ter-
ritory, 10-11; the formation of,
12-13; declares her intention
to stand by Austria-Hungary,
14, 16; sends her ultimatum
to Russia, 17; reasons of, for
wishing war, 17-19; prepara-
tions for war, 19-21; declares
war against Russia and France,
war declared on by England,
20; mobilizes her troops, 21;
invades Luxemburg and Bel-
gium and France, 22; 25; fails
to reach Paris, 26-27; loses
Kiao-chau, 28-29; gains con-
trol over Turkey, 29-30; 31;
military training in, 31-32;
leaves trenches full of traps, 36;
Grand Duke Nicholas enters,
38; plans to rule the seas, 39-
40; gains of, in 1914, 40; ex-
pected England's colonies to
desert her, 54; food of, in the
hands of the Government, 57;
submarine warfare of, 58-59;
demands that the United States
control England, 59; angry at
American sale of munitions to
the Allies, 59-60; manufacture
and sale of munitions by, 60;
torpedoes Red Cross ships, 60;
blames England for her own
crimes, 60; sinks the Lusitania,
62; violates her pledges of The
Hague, 64; bribes Bulgaria to
join her, 67; in 1915, 72; does
nothing to stop the Armenian
massacres, 81; schemes against
the United States, 87; breaks
her promises, submarine war-
fare of, 89; Government of, 91–
94; many countries protest
against the methods and aims
of, 98-99; in Russia, 105; ob-
jects to Czechs' crossing Siberia,
107. See Germans.
Gibraltar, held by England, 18.
Girl Scouts, war work of the, 122-
123.
Gladstone, Hon. William Ewart,
quotation from, 29.
Gray Champion, The, 39.
Great Britain, 24.
Greece, I; wins her freedom from
Turkey, 2; loses in war with Bul-
garia, 3; 69; agrees to help Ser-
bia, 99; Allies interfere in, 100.
Greek fire, 42.
Greek people, favor the Allies, 99;
join the Allies, 100.
Greeks, in the Trojan War, 69.
Grey, Sir Edward, opinion of Ser-
bia's reply to Austria-Hungary,
9; attempts of, to prevent war,
16-17.
Guatemala, breaks off diplomatic
relations with the Central
Powers, 98.
Hague, The, 64.
Hague Court, 9, 16.
Haig, Sir Douglas, at the Somme,
75-76; hammers at the Ger-
mans at Cambrai, 100.
Haiti, propaganda work of the
German Government in, 87;
breaks off diplomatic relations
with the Central Powers, 99.
Hand grenades, 43.
Haroun al Raschid, Caliph, 102.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 39.
Hebrides (Islands), 57.
Herzegovina, in the hands of
Austria, 2, 6; 7; 11; held by
Austria, 79.
Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul
von, wins victory over the Rus-
sians, 38; overcomes the Rus-
sians at the Mazurian Lakes,
64-65.
Hindoos, German propaganda | Jerusalem, captured by the Eng-
among the, 87.
Holland, 14, 58, 64.
Holland, John P., joint inventor
of the submarine, 46.
Holy City, 103.
Holy Land, 103.
Holy Sepulcher, 104.
Honduras, breaks off diplomatic
relations with the Central Pow-
Kamerun, held by Germany in
1915, 72.
Kerensky, Premier Alexander F.,
96.
Khartum, captured by Kitchener,
33.
Kiao-chau, captured by Japan,
28-29.
Kiel Canal, enlarged, 20; built by
Germany, 40.
"Kitchener's Mob," 33; becomes
Kitchener's army, 34; 55:
"Kitchener of Khartum,' cre-
ates an army, 33-34; letter of,
to the English troops, 34; death
of, 34; 52.
Knights of Columbus, the work
of the, 116.
Korea, 28.
Kut-el-Amara, surrendered to the
Turks, 82; retaken by the Eng-
lish, 102.
Lake, Simon, joint inventor of
the submarine, 46.
Landsturm, the, 31.
Lemberg, taken by the Russians,
39; taken by the Germans, 66.
Lemnos, 69.
Liberia, joins the Allies, 98.
"Liberty Loans," 113, 123.
Liège, attacked by the Germans,
24-25.
Life insurance, for American
forces, 110.
Lille, 53.
Lincoln, President Abraham, quo
tations from, 91, 94.
Liquid fire, 42.
London, 33; raided by Ger-
man Zeppelins, 45; in three
months," 94.
London Rugby Club, play foot-
ball in battle, 36.
Lorraine, taken by Germany, 13,
18.
Louvain, sacked and burned, 25,
39.
Lusitania, sunk by Germany, 62;
72, 89; protests to Germany
met with indifference, 63, 109.
Luxemburg, invaded by Germany,
Macedonia, 2; capture of Jeru-
salem by, 103.
Machine guns, 42.
Mackensen, Field Marshal Au-
gust von, overpowers the Rus-
sians, 39; is successful in Serbia,
67; and in Rumania, 84.
Maine, 123.
Manchuria, 28.
Marmora, Sea of, submarines in
the, 71.
Marne River, the battle of the,
26-27, 33, 100.
Massachusetts, 7.
Mazurian Lakes, Russian losses
at the, 64.
Mediterranean Sea, interest of
England in the, 14; German
cruisers in the, 30; Russia
needed access to the, 67; cur-
rents of, at the Dardanelles, 68;
ships of Allies withdraw into
the, 70.
Mesopotamia, English attack
Turks in, surrender at Kut-el-
Amara, 82; 85; 101.
Meuse River, 73.
Mexico, 58; German propaganda
in, 87.
Michigan, 6.
"Middle Europe," 11; 191; breach
in the German plan for, 108.
Mines, tremendous explosion of,
in France and Belgium, 100.
Mohammed, 29.
Mohammedans, 2; the Kaiser de-
clares himself a friend of the,
29; capture of the Jews by the,
103; kindly treated by General
Allenby at Jerusalem, 104.
Montenegrins, character of the,
Montenegro, loses in war with
Bulgaria, 6; joins the Allies, 28,
29; 31; overcome by the Cen-
tral Powers, 84.
Morocco, clash of interests in, 3.
Munitions, sold by Germany to
warring nations, amount made
in Germany, 60.
Murmansk, forces of the Allies in,
106.
Navy, the American, 113.
Neutrals, duties and rights of, 56;
England interferes with the
trade of, 56-59; Germany in-
terferes with the trade of, 58-61.
Neuve Chapelle, three-days' strug-
gle at, 53-54; 66.
New Guinea, taken by England,72.
New York, 123.
"New York in three years," 94.
Nicaragua, breaks off diplomatic
relations with the Central
Powers, 99.
Nicholas, King of Montenegro,
withdraws to France, 84.
Nicholas, Grand Duke, enters
Germany, 38; is sent to the
Caucasus, 66, 80, 95.
Nieuport biplanes, 45.
1914, results of, 40.
1915, results of, 72.
1916, results of, 84-85.
1917, results of, 96-104, 106.
1918 (to October), results of, 108.
No Man's Land, 36; when "noth-
ing was doing," 52; just before
an engagement, 53.
North Sea, 14, 19; trenches from
the, to Switzerland, 36-37; 40;
naval battle in the, 76-77.
Norway, 58.
Old Testament, 102, 105. See
Jericho.
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