The Story of the Great War, Volume 4 Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War   By: Francis Trevelyan Miller (1877-1959)

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

[Illustration: Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor, inspecting Austro Hungarian troops on the East Galician front, New Year's Day, 1916. At the Kaiser's left is General Count von Bothmer ]

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