The Story of the Great War, Volume 6 History of the European War from Official Sources   By: Francis Trevelyan Miller (1877-1959)

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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

[Illustration: Major General John J. Pershing, appointed to organize and command the American forces in France, is shown landing in France on June 12, 1917. French officers and officials of high rank are there to welcome him. His arrival is recognized as an epoch making date in the war, for it foreshadows the creation of a great American Army in France. ]

THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR

SOMME · RUSSIAN DRIVE FALL OF GORITZ · RUMANIA GERMAN RETREAT · VIMY REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA UNITED STATES AT WAR

VOLUME VI

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Copyright 1916 By P. F. Collier & Son

CONTENTS

PART I. WESTERN FRONT SOMME AND VERDUN

CHAPTER Page

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 28

VIII. Continued Allied Advance 31

IX. French Retake Douaumont 34

X. Germans Lose Fort Vaux French Take Saillisel 37

XI. British Successes in the Ancre 41

XII. Operations on the French Front Further Fighting in the Ancre 47

XIII. Weather Conditions Movements Around Loos 51

XIV. French Win at Verdun 53

XV. Canadians at Arras Nivelle in Command 55

XVI. German Attacks at Verdun Result of Six Months' Fighting 58

XVII. German Attack on Hill 304 British Surprise Attack 61

PART II. EASTERN FRONT

XVIII. The New Drive Against Lemberg 70

XIX. The Battle on the Stokhod River 76

XX. Renewed Drive Against Lemberg 81

XXI. The Fighting from Riga to Lutsk 86

XXII. Fighting in the Carpathians 90

XXIII. Winter at the Eastern Front 93

PART III. THE BALKANS

XXIV. Rumania's Military Strength 95

XXV. Hostilities Begin 96